Dan Drysdale

Daniel Drysdale (18 May 1901 – 15 October 1987) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was the 65th president of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Rugby union career

Amateur career

Born in Kippen, Stirlingshire Drysdale, went to George Heriots and also played for Heriot's FP, and London Scottish. He went to Edinburgh University and the University of Oxford, where he played for the teams Edinburgh University RFC and Oxford University RFC.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in the 1923 inter-city match.

International career

Drysdale played for and the Lions.

He was on the 1924 British Lions tour to South Africa.

He also played for the Barbarians.

Administrative career

Drysdale was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951 and 1952.

Outside of rugby union

Drysdale was a timber merchant.

References

Sources

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, )
• Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; )