{{Short description|Scottish rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Joe McPartlin | image = | caption = | full_name = Joseph James McPartlin | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|06|12|df=y}} | birth_place = West Hartlepool, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|10|24|1938|06|12|df=y}} | death_place = Oxford, England | height = | weight = | occupation = | school = Wimbledon College | university = St Edmund Hall, Oxford | relatives = | position = Centre | repyears1 = 1960–62 | repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}} | repcaps1 = 6 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Joseph James McPartlin''' (12 June 1938 – 24 October 2013) is a Scottish former international rugby union player.
McPartlin was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, to parents from Glasgow. He attended Wimbledon College.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Joseph James “Joe” McPartlin, teacher and rugby player |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-joseph-james-joe-mcpartlin-teacher-and-rugby-player-1554135 |work=The Scotsman |date=6 November 2013}}</ref>
A three-time Oxford blue, McPartlin was capped by Scotland while a varsity player, making six Five Nations appearances between 1960 and 1962. He captained Oxford University in the 1962 Varsity match.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Scotland rugby centre Joe McPartlin dies |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/former-scotland-rugby-centre-joe-mcpartlin-dies-1554816 |work=The Scotsman |date=30 October 2013}}</ref>
McPartlin taught at St Edward's School in Oxford for 34 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby international, teacher, soldier and noted raconteur |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10773449.rugby-international-teacher-soldier-noted-raconteur/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=31 October 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of Scotland national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|6464}}
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