Attie Baard
| Full name | Adriaan Pieter Baard | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 May 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kakamas, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 April 2009 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Somerset West, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Adriaan Pieter Baard (17 May 1933 – 30 April 2009) was a South African international rugby union player.
Baard was born in Kakamas and attended Hoërskool Martin Oosthuizen during his youth. He studied medicine at Stellenbosch University, but wasn't involved in their rugby program until his fifth year.[1]
A back row forward, Baard was a member of the Springboks squad for their 1960–61 tour of Europe as an understudy to number eight Doug Hopwood. He made a total of 13 tour appearances, some as a flanker, and was capped in the Test match against Ireland, for which Hopwood was sidelined with injury. At provincial level, Baard represented both Western Province and Eastern Province, the latter while based in Port Elizabeth.[2]
Baard was a medical doctor by profession and lived his retirement in Somerset West.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "No Three Counties Men In Midlands Team Against Springboks". Football Post (Nottingham). 17 December 1960.
- ^ "Former Bok Baard dies". News24. 2 May 2009.
- ^ "Attie Baard". bokhist.com.