Mannetjies_Gericke

Mannetjies Gericke

Mannetjies Gericke

Rugby player

Frederick Wilhelm Gericke (8 June 1933 – 22 October 2010) was a South African rugby union international.

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Born in Kimberley, Gericke was a product of Diamantveld High School and vice-captained the Junior Springboks on their 1959 tour of South America.[1] He gained a Springboks cap in 1960 as a scrum-half against Scotland at Boet Erasmus Stadium, where he scored a try and set up two more for flanker Hugo van Zyl.[2] His provincial rugby was played with Griquas, Transvaal and Western Transvaal. He toured Australia in 1963 with the national rugby league team.[3] Gericke died on 22 October 2010, at the age of 77.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Two ex Boks die". TimesLIVE. 25 October 2010.
  2. [2]
    Richards, Huw (23 April 2010). "A forgotten milestone". ESPNscrum.
  3. [3]
    "Mayor Advocates New Deal For League", The Rugby League News, vol. 44, no. 18 (13-14 July 1963), NSWFL, p. 10
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