Oupa Versfeld
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15 May 1860
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| Born | Marthinus Versfeld 15 May 1860 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 1 September 1931 (aged 71) Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | SACS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Hasie Versfeld (brother), Loftus Versfeld (brother), John Versfeld (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marthinus "Oupa" Versfeld (15 May 1860 – 1 September 1931) was a South African international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Constantia and educated in Cape Town, where he attended SACS, Versfeld was the oldest of five brothers, four of whom played representative rugby. He and his second youngest brother, Hasie represented South Africa. His brother Loftus played for Transvaal and as an administrator was a founding member of the Eastern Province Rugby Union and of the Pretoria Rugby Subunion, which in 1938 became Northern Transvaal. The rugby stadium, Loftus Versfeld is named after him. The middle brother, Jan Hendrik Christoffel (John) represented Western Province from 1885 to 1889. All four brothers were members and played for the Hamiltons RFC, based in Sea Point, Cape Town.[2] Versfeld died in 1931, in Cape Town, at the age of 71.
