Dan Drysdale

Not to be confused with Don Drysdale.

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

Dan Drysdale

Birth name	Daniel Drysdale
Date of birth	(1901-05-18)18 May 1901
Place of birth	Kippen, Scotland
Date of death	15 October 1987(1987-10-15) (aged 86)
Place of death	Yeovil, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Heriots () – Edinburgh University () – Oxford University () – London Scottish () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1923 Edinburgh District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1923-29 Scotland 26 (45) 1924 British and Irish Lions 4 (0) – Barbarians
65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
In office 1951–1952
Preceded by	Jimmie Ireland
Succeeded by	Frank Moffat

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 Scotland and the Lions.

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

He also played for the Barbarians.

Administrative career

He was president of the Scottish Rugby Union between 1951-2.

Outside of rugby union

He was a timber merchant.

Sources

• Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
• Godwin, Terry Complete Who's Who of International Rugby (Cassell, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1838-2)
• Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)