John Wessels (rugby union)
| Full name | Johanses Wilhelmus Wessels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 14 May 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Van Stadensrus, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 January 2006 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Wilhelmus Wessels (14 May 1935 – 22 January 2006) was a South African international rugby union player.
Wessels was born in Van Stadensrus and educated at Grey College.[1]
A hooker, Wessels represented Orange Free State and earned Springboks representative honours on their 1965 tour of Scotland and Ireland.[2] The short tour included two Test matches, which Wessels both missed, instead wearing Springboks colours for fixtures against Combined Universities and Scottish Districts.[3]
Wessels married national netball player Sussie Esterhuizen.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "John Wessels". bokhist.com.
- ^ "John Wessels haak weeir vir Vrystaat". Die Transvaler. 24 May 1966. p. 16.
- ^ "Johannes Wilhelmus (John) Wessels". Grey College 1st XV Rugby Stats & School Information.
- ^ Grieb, Eddie; Farmer, Stuart (2011). The Springbok Handbook. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 47.