Henry Oswald de Villiers (10 March 1945 – 20 February 2022) was a South African
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player.
Playing career
De Villiers was born in Johannesburg and schooled at
Dale College
Dale College Boys' High School (Simply often known as ''Dale College'') is a State school, public English language, English medium high school for boys situated in the town of Qonce in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa; It is one of the ...
in
King William’s Town. After school, he moved to the Western Province to do his military training and in 1965 he joined the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
RFC and was soon selected for the
Ikeys first team. He also made his senior provincial debut for in 1965.
De Villiers played fourteen
test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to:
* Test cricket
* Test match (indoor cricket)
* Test match (rugby union)
* Test match (rugby league)
* Test match (association football)
...
for the
Springboks. His debut was against at
Kings Park in 1967 and he scored 11 points on debut. His last test was in 1970 against at
Cardiff Arms Park. He also played in 15 tour matches and scored 54 points, which includes 2 tries, 15 conversions and 6 penalties.
Personal life and death
De Villiers died in February 2022, at the age of 76.
Test history
''Legend: pen = penalty (3 pts.); conv = conversion (2 pts.), drop = drop kick (3 pts.).''
See also
*
List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 418
References
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1945 births
2022 deaths
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Western Province (rugby union) players
Villager FC players
University of Cape Town alumni
White South African people
Rugby union players from Johannesburg
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union wings