# Adam Burdett

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{{short description|South African rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1882|9|20|df=y}}
| birth_place =  [Oudtshoorn](/source/Oudtshoorn), [Cape Colony](/source/Cape_Colony)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|11|4|1882|9|20|df=y}}
| death_place = [Roberts Heights](/source/Roberts_Heights), Pretoria, Transvaal Province<ref  name=cwgc />
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| school = [Diocesan College](/source/Diocesan_College)
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'''Adam Francis Burdett''' (20 August 1882 – 4 November 1918) was a South African [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player from [Oudtshoorn](/source/Oudtshoorn). He was killed in [World War I](/source/World_War_I), while serving as a captain in the [South African Service Corps](/source/South_African_Service_Corps).<ref name=cwgc>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/126661 Commonwealth War Graves database]</ref> He took part in the [1906–07 South Africa rugby union tour](/source/1906%E2%80%9307_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour), the original 'Springbok' tour. He was awarded two caps in November 1906, one against {{nrut|Scotland}} and one against {{nrut|Ireland}}. He played for [Western Province](/source/Western_Province_(rugby_team)). He was 5 feet 10&nbsp;inches, and weighed 12 stone 9 pounds.

==See also==
* [List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War](/source/List_of_international_rugby_union_players_killed_in_action_during_the_First_World_War)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/126661 Commonwealth War Graves database]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131216155221/http://www.genslin.us/bokke/SARugby.html Springbok Hall of Fame]

{{1906 Springboks}}
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Category:White South African people
Category:Rugby union forwards
Category:South African rugby union players
Category:South Africa international rugby union players
Category:South African military personnel killed in World War I
Category:1882 births
Category:Military personnel from the Western Cape
Category:1918 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Oudtshoorn
Category:Rugby union players from the Western Cape
Category:Stormers players
Category:20th-century South African sportsmen

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