Eddie Purkiss
| Birth name | Edwin Maurice Purkiss[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1934[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Grafton, New South Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 January 2008 (aged 73)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Edwin Maurice "Eddie" Purkiss (27 July 1934 – 15 January 2008) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Purkiss, a flanker, was born in Grafton, New South Wales, and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia. He made the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.
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