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Piet Goosen

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Piet Goosen
Full nameCornelius Petrus Goosen
Date of birth(1937-02-03)3 February 1937
Place of birthBloemfontein, South Africa
Date of death7 June 1991(1991-06-07) (aged 54)
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight104.3 kg (230 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Orange Free State ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1965 South Africa 1 (0)

Cornelius Petrus Goosen (3 February 1937 – 7 June 1991) was a South African international rugby union player.

Goosen was born in Bloemfontein and educated at Hoërskool Sentraal.[1]

A lock forward, Goosen represented Orange Free State in provincial rugby. He was a member of the Springboks squad on their 1965 tour of Australia and New Zealand. After the Springboks lost the opening Test match in New Zealand, Goosen replaced Tiny Naudé in the XV to play the All Blacks at Carisbrook, to gain his first cap at age 29.[2] He was employed as a department store personnel manager at the time of his Springboks career.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Piet Goosen". bokhist.com.
  2. ^ "Test Changes By Springboks". The Press. 20 August 1965.
  3. ^ "Pen Pictures of Springboks". The Press. 10 May 1965.