Piet Goosen
| Full name | Cornelius Petrus Goosen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 February 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 June 1991 (aged 54) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104.3 kg (230 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Piet Goosen". bokhist.com.
- ^ "Test Changes By Springboks". The Press. 20 August 1965.
- ^ "Pen Pictures of Springboks". The Press. 10 May 1965.