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Andrew Janson

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Andrew Janson
Date of birth(1935-05-29)29 May 1935
Place of birthPhilippi, South Africa
Date of death17 January 2007(2007-01-17) (aged 71)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1960–70 Western Province 42 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1965 South Africa

Andrew Janson (29 May 1935 – 17 January 2007) was a South African international rugby union player.

Raised in Cape Town, Janson was a police officer by profession and competed in top level rugby through the 1960s, making 42 appearances for Western Province. He represented the Springboks on their 1965 tour Australia and New Zealand, where he participated in 11 non international fixtures, as a flanker or lock.[1] His eight tries during the tour included a double against Wairarapa/Bush at Masterton.[2]

Janson died of heart failure in 2007, at the age of 71.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Andrew Janson". bokhist.com.
  2. ^ "Springboks win by 36pts". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 31 August 1965.
  3. ^ "Oud-Springbok sterf aan hartversaking". Die Burger (in Afrikaans). 23 January 2007.