Mike Antelme
Full name | Joseph George Michel Antelme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 April 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 October 2023 | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79.4 kg (175 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St. Charles College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Land surveyor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph George Michel Antelme (23 April 1934 – 26 October 2023) was a South African international rugby union player active in the 1950s and 1960s.
Born in Durban, Antelme was the son of Franco-Mauritian Special Operations Executive agent France Antelme and attended St. Charles College, Pietermaritzburg, from where he is the first Springbok.[1][2]
Antelme was a hard–running Natal winger and gained five Springboks caps. He appeared on the right wing for all four home Test matches against the All Blacks in 1960. A member of their 1960–61 tour of Europe, Antelme began with three tries in the opening fixture against Southern Counties, but his only international was the final Test match in Paris.[1][3]
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References
- ^ a b "Mike Antelme". bokhist.com.
- ^ "St Charles College". rugby365.com.
- ^ "The Clenched First of Rugby". Daily Mirror. 24 October 1960.