Gys Pitzer
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Full name | Gysbertus Pitzer | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 July 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Louis Trichardt, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Frikkie Meyer | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Gysbertus Pitzer (born 8 July 1939) is a South African former rugby union international.[1]
Pitzer was born in the town of Louis Trichardt and played provincial rugby for Northern Transvaal.
A hooker, Pitzer earned 12 Test caps for the Springboks from 1967 to 1969. He played all four Tests in the 1968 British Lions tour and during one of the matches famously felled opposite hooker John Pullin with a punch.[2] The Englishman would later bring up Pitzer's name as the best hooker he had played against.[3] On the 1969–70 tour of Britain and Ireland, Pitzer hurt his back and had to spend three weeks in a Swansea hospital, which ruled him out of the Tests.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Heenop, Albert (16 May 2021). "Albert Heenop gesels met Gys Pitzer". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans).
- ^ "Start Nov 5". Sunday Mirror. 26 October 1969.
- ^ "'Piggy' Pullin - so desperate he nearly gave it up". Evening Standard. 15 February 1974.
- ^ "Pitzer loses his helmet". Leicester Mercury. 3 December 1969.
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