Alexander Ian Kirkpatrick (25 July 1930 – 18 November 2012) 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 it ...

player, who played international rugby for his country on 13 occasions from 1953 to 1961. In his home country he is best known as a coach, where he led

Griqualand West Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km2 that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people – a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, wh ...

to victory in the

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...

in 1970, and in 1978 took on the role as the director of coaching for the

South African Rugby Board The South African Rugby Board was the rugby union governing body of white South Africans between 1889 and 1992. The governing of white and coloured rugby union was handled separately during South Africa under Apartheid Apartheid (, e ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkpatrick, Ian 1930 births 2012 deaths South Africa international rugby union players South African rugby union players South African rugby union coaches Rugby union centres Griquas (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Bloemfontein