| Birth name | William Henry Purdie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 June 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jedburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 November 1997 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Jedburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill Purdie (24 June 1910 – 22 November 1997) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
He played for Jed-Forest.[2]
He turned out for the South of Scotland District in 1931. The Jedburgh Gazette of 13 January 1939 stating:
It eight years since he turned out in his first representative match, filling a vacancy in the South team at the last moment, when J. Beattie, Hawick, had to withdraw, and, according to the Gazette files, a daily paper critic described hint as "one of the best forwards on the field" that day. Strangely enough, another critic said practically the same about hint after the Selkirk trial a few weeks ago. Purdie has led the Jedforest team on four occasions and has all along been a whole-hearted club player, so it would set the seal on a splendid football career were he to be "capped."
He was capped for Whites Trial on 17 December 1938.[3]
After a good showing, he then played for Scotland Probables in the final trial that season.[4]