Bill Purdie (24 June 1910 – 22 November 1997) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Jed-Forest.Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
Provincial career
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.
After a good showing, he then played for Scotland Probables in the final trial that season.
International career He was capped 3 times for Scotland in 1939.
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