# Joe McPartlin

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{{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](/source/West_Hartlepool), England
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2013|10|24|1938|06|12|df=y}}
| death_place    = [Oxford](/source/Oxford), England
| height         =
| weight         =
| occupation     =
| school         = [Wimbledon College](/source/Wimbledon_College)
| university     = [St Edmund Hall, Oxford](/source/St_Edmund_Hall%2C_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](/source/rugby_union) player.

McPartlin was born in [West Hartlepool](/source/West_Hartlepool), Durham, to parents from Glasgow. He attended [Wimbledon College](/source/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](/source/The_Scotsman) |date=6 November 2013}}</ref>

A three-time [Oxford](/source/Oxford_University_RFC) blue, McPartlin was capped by [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) while a varsity player, making six [Five Nations](/source/Six_Nations_Championship) 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](/source/St_Edward's_School%2C_Oxford) 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](/source/Oxford_Mail) |date=31 October 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Scotland national rugby union players](/source/List_of_Scotland_national_rugby_union_players)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ESPNscrum|6464}}

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Category:1938 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Hartlepool
Category:English people of Scottish descent
Category:Rugby union centres
Category:Oxford University RFC players
Category:Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Category:People educated at Wimbledon College

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