Piet_Veldsman
Piet Veldsman
South African rugby union footballer
Pieter Eden Veldsman (born 11 March 1952) is a former South African rugby union player.[1]
| Birth name | Pieter Eden Veldsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1952-03-11) 11 March 1952 (age 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | George, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tygerberg High School, Parow, Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1969 and during his final year at school, Veldsman was selected to represent the Western Province schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament that was held in Pietermaritzburg. During the early seventies Veldsman played for the Western Province under–20 side and he made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1976.[2]
Veldsman made his test match debut, which was also his only test for the Springboks, on 27 August 1977 against the World XV team at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Along with Veldsman, there were seven other debutants in the 1977 test match, of whom five also played in only one test match for the Springboks.[3]
Test history
| No. | Opposition | Result (SA 1st) | Position | Tries | Date | Venue |
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| 1. | World XV | 45–24 | Loose-forward | 27 August 1977 | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria |
- List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 497
- "Piet Veldsman". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- Craven, Daniel Hartman, 1910-1993. (1980). Die groot rugbygesin van die Maties. Kaapstad: G. & S. p. 237. ISBN 0620048794. OCLC 86067195.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Jooste, Graham K. (1995). South African rugby test players 1949–1995. Johannesburg: Penguin. p. 97. ISBN 0140250174. OCLC 36916860.