Ou-Boet Strydom
| Full name | Louis Jacobus Strydom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 October 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Robertson, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 May 2003 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93.9 kg (207 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Jacobus Strydom (27 October 1921 – 11 May 2003), known as Ou-Boet Strydom, was a South African international rugby union player.
Strydom hailed from the town of Robertson and was a Boland Schools representative player.[1]
Initially a three–quarter, Strydom started his provincial career as a 19 year old winger for Boland. He moved to Pretoria in 1942 to work for the Prison Service and subsequently played for the Prison Officers club. His early representative appearances for Northern Transvaal were as a three–quarter, until he was transferred to the pack in 1946, and it was as a wing–forward that he won a Springboks call up in 1949. He was capped in the opening two Test matches against the touring 1949 All Blacks, at Newlands and Ellis Park respectively.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "South African Team". Wanganui Chronicle. 11 July 1949.
- ^ "Ou-Boet Strydom". bokhist.com.
- ^ "Springboks Will Field Mature Side In First Test Against All Blacks". Otago Daily Times. 12 July 1949.