death_date ru_nationalcaps article_title birth_date ru_nationalyears ru_nationalteam ru_province ru_nationalpoints image school ru_position name other birth_place height ru_ntupdate weight ru_provinceupdate birth_name
1962-04-28 17 bennie osler
 1901-11-23 1924 -- 33 south africa western province -lrb- 46 -rrb- bennie osler.jpg kingswood college , grahamstown fly-half bennie osler yes aliwal north , south africa 1.73 m ftin 0 on 2007-11-29 70 kg lb on 2007-11-29 benjamin louwrens osler
bennie osler

benjamin louwrens osler -lrb- 23 november 1901 -- 28 april 1962 -rrb- was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for south africa .
osler played mainly at fly-half for both south africa , and his provincial team of western province .
osler was born at aliwal north .
he was first selected to play on 16 august 1924 against britain when they toured south africa .
this was the first of his 17 consecutive test appearances for south africa .
osler played in the other three tests of britain 's tour , and contributed to south africa winning three of the four tests .
the only test of the series the springboks did not win was their 3 -- 3 draw in port elizabeth where osler was temporarily knocked out .
the next springbok -lrb- as the south african team is known -rrb- series was hosting new zealand 's all blacks in 1928 .
the teams had met once before in a test series , drawn 1 -- 1 -lrb- with 1 match drawn -rrb- in new zealand in 1921 .
the first test was played in durban and the springboks won 17 -- 0 , with osler scoring a world record 14 points in the match .
osler played in the remaining three tests and the series was eventually drawn 2 -- 2 ; just like in 1921 .
osler 's first overseas tour was in 1931 when he captained the springboks on their 1931 -- 32 tour to the home nations .
he captained the team and played in all four tests ; playing against england , ireland , scotland and wales .
osler 's springboks became the second south african team , and only second of all time , to win a grand slam -- a win over all four home nations on one tour .
the tour continued into 1932 and the team eventually played 26 matches , with only one loss .
in 1933 osler played in his last ever test series when australia toured south africa .
they played a five match series and osler played in all five tests .
during the series he scored a try , conversion and drop-goal .
osler is remembered as a fly-half who played a kicking game ; that is , he would often kick for territory rather than run with the ball , or pass to his backs .
his accuracy when kicking allowed south african teams he was in to play a forward oriented game , commonly referred to as ten-man rugby .
his contributions to international rugby were acknowledged with his induction into the international rugby hall of fame in 2007 and the irb hall of fame in 2009 .
