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Full nameFrederick Wilhelm Gericke
Date of birth(1933-06-08)8 June 1933
Place of birthKimberley, South Africa
Date of death22 October 2010(2010-10-22) (aged 77)
Place of deathRoodepoort, South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1960 South Africa 1 (3)

Frederick Wilhelm Gericke (8 June 1933 – 22 October 2010) was a South African rugby union international.

Born in Kimberley, Gericke was a product of Diamantveld High School and vice-captained the Junior Springboks on their 1959 tour of South America.[1] He gained a Springboks cap in 1960 as a scrum-half against Scotland at Boet Erasmus Stadium, where he scored a try and set up two more for flanker Hugo van Zyl.[2] His provincial rugby was played with Griquas, Transvaal and Western Transvaal. He toured Australia in 1963 with the national rugby league team.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Two ex Boks die". TimesLIVE. 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Richards, Huw (23 April 2010). "A forgotten milestone". ESPNscrum.
  3. ↑ "Mayor Advocates New Deal For League", The Rugby League News, NSWFL, no. Vol. 44 No. 18 (13-14 July 1963), p. 10
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