death_date ru_nationalcaps birth_date ru_provinceyears ru_nationalyears university ru_nationalteam ru_province ru_nationalpoints school ru_position name occupation birth_place height nickname weight article_title birth_name ru_amclubcaps
8 march 2015 11 29 september 1925 1947 -- 53 1953 -- 54 1949 -- 53 stellenbosch university south africa western province boland -lrb- 9 -rrb- stellenbosch boys ' high school centre tjol lategan accountant stellenbosch , south africa 1.71 m ftin on tjol 77 kg stlb on tjol lategan
 marthinus theunis lategan university of stellenbosch
tjol lategan

marthinus theunis `` tjol '' lategan -lrb- 29 september 1925 -- 8 march 2015 -rrb- was a south african rugby union centre .
along with ryk van schoor he formed one of the great post-war centre partnerships in rugby .
lategan played club rugby for university of stellenbosch and provincial rugby for western province .
he was capped for south africa eleven times between 1949 and 1953 first representing the team against the 1949 touring new zealand side .
he was later selected for the 1951 -- 52 south africa rugby tour of great britain , ireland and france .
the touring team is seen as one of the greatest south african teams , winning 30 of the 31 matches , including all five internationals .
