Mannetjies Gericke
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Full nameFrederick Wilhelm Gericke
Born8 June 1933
Kimberley, South Africa
Died22 October 2010 (aged 77)
Roodepoort, South Africa
Position(s)
Scrum-half
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| Died | 22 October 2010 (aged 77) Roodepoort, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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Frederick Wilhelm Gericke (8 June 1933 – 22 October 2010) was a South African rugby union international.
Born in Kimberley, Gericke was a product of Diamantveld High School and vice-captained the Junior Springboks on their 1959 tour of South America.[1] He gained a Springboks cap in 1960 as a scrum-half against Scotland at Boet Erasmus Stadium, where he scored a try and set up two more for flanker Hugo van Zyl.[2] His provincial rugby was played with Griquas, Transvaal and Western Transvaal. He toured Australia in 1963 with the national rugby league team.[3] Gericke died on 22 October 2010, at the age of 77.[1]