Daantjie van de Vyver
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Birth name | Daniël Ferdinand van de Vyver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 December 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Seymour, Cape Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 March 1977 | (aged 67)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniël Ferdinand van de Vyver (14 December 1909 – 18 March 1977) also known as "Vandie", was a South African rugby union player.[1]
Playing career
Van de Vyver played provincial rugby for the Western Province in the South African Currie Cup competition. He was a member of the 1937 Springbok touring team to Australia and New Zealand and played his first and only test matches for South Africa on 17 July 1937 against the Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground. He also played thirteen tour matches for the Springboks, scoring four tries.[2]
Test history
No. | Opponents | Results (SA 1st) |
Position | Tries | Dates | Venue |
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1. | Australia | 26–17 | Flyhalf | 17 Jul 1937 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
See also
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 250
References
- ^ "Vandie van de Vyver". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Heath, Duane; Grieb, Eddie; Smit, Kobus (2020). South African Rugby Annual 2020. Cape Town: South African Rugby Union. p. 246. ISBN 9780620872041.
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- Western Province (rugby union) players