Garry John Purdham (20 October 1978 – 2 June 2010) was an English professional rugby league player[2] and farmer.

[4] He struggled with a recurring knee injury at Workington[5] and ultimately required four operations in six years.

[7] On 2 June 2010, Purdham was working with his uncle mending a wire fence on his father's farm near the Red Admiral Hotel at Boonwood, near Gosforth when he was shot and killed.

[8][9] He became the ninth murder victim of spree killer Derrick Bird, who killed 12 people and injured 11 others that day before committing suicide.

[10] In honour of Purdham and the other Cumbria victims, one minute's silence was observed before every rugby league match played in England on the weekend of 5–6 June 2010.