Jack van Druten
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Full nameNicolaas Jan Valkenburg van Druten
Born12 June 1898
Griekwastad, South Africa
Died16 January 1989 (aged 90)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
| Full name | Nicolaas Jan Valkenburg van Druten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 June 1898 Griekwastad, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 1989 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91.6 kg (202 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolaas Jan Valkenburg "Jack" van Druten (12 June 1898 – 16 January 1989) was a South African international rugby union player of the 1920s.
Born in Griekwastad, Cape Province, van Druten attended South African College Schools, before pursuing medical degrees at the University of Cape Town and Trinity College Dublin.[1]
A Transvaal representative, van Druten was a strongly built player who specialised in the back row of the scrum, but had ball handling skills comparable to a halfback and was good on his feet.[2] He was capped eight times for the Springboks, with four Test matches each in home series against the 1924 British Lions and 1928 All Blacks.[3]