Dan Drysdale

Dan Drysdale
Birth name	Daniel Drysdale
Date of birth	18 May 1901
Place of birth	Kippen, Scotland
Date of death	15 October 1987 (aged 86)
Place of death	Yeovil, England
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Full Back
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Heriots
–	Edinburgh University
–	Oxford University
–	London Scottish
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1923	Edinburgh District
International career
Years	Team
1923-29	Scotland
1924	British and Irish Lions
–	Barbarians
65th President of the Scottish Rugby Union
	In office; 1951–1952

Last updated April 06, 2025

↑ "Daniel Drysdale". En.espn.co.uk.
1 2 3 4 5 Godwin, p127
1 2 3 Bath, p118
↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Dan Drysdale - Test matches". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
1 2 Godwin, p. 128

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)

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[1] "Daniel Drysdale". En.espn.co.uk.

[Godwin1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Godwin, p127

[Bath1-3] 1 2 3 Bath, p118

[4] "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[5] "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Dan Drysdale - Test matches". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[Godwin2-6] 1 2 Godwin, p. 128

v t e British Lions – 1924 South Africa tour
Forwards	Blakiston (Blackheath) Bradley (Dolphin) Brand (North of Ireland FC) Clinch (Dublin University) Cove-Smith (Old Merchant Taylors) (capt) D. Davies (Hawick and Scotland) Henderson (Newcastle Northern and Scotland) Hendrie (Heriots FP and Scotland) R.A. Howie (Kirkcaldy RFC and Scotland) Marsden-Jones (Cardiff and London Welsh) McPherson (Newport) McVicker (Collegians) Roche (UCC and Newport) Ross (Kilmarnock and Scotland) Voyce (Gloucester)
Backs	Bordass (Cambridge University) Cunningham (Lansdowne) H. Davies (Newport) Drysdale (Heriots FP and Scotland) W.F. Gaisford (St. Bart's Hospital) V. Griffiths (Newport) Holliday (Aspatria) Harris (Blackheath) Harding (Swansea) Kinnear (Heriots FP and Scotland) Maxwell (Birkenhead Park) Ian Smith (Oxford University and Scotland) Waddell (Glasgow Academicals and Scotland) Wallace (Percy Park) Whitley (Northern) Young (Blackheath)
Coach	Manager: Harry Packer