William Darsie

William Pettigrew Darsie (January 6, 1891 – January 30, 1954) was an American rugby union player who played at flanker for the United States men's national team in its first capped match against New Zealand in 1913.

Biography William Darsie was born on January 6, 1891, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son and one of three children of William W. Darsie and Jean P. Darsie (born Pettigrew). Upon his father's retirement in 1905, Darsie moved with his family to Palo Alto, California, where he attended Palo Alto High School. While at Stanford, Darsie was a member of the California Beta chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

After attending Stanford, Darsie worked as a vegetable farmer and chaired a California agricultural advisory committee during World War II. Darsie married Mildred S. Powers, with whom he had two children. Darsie died on January 30, 1954, in Santa Clara, California, at the age of 63.