Ronnie Hill
| Full name | Ronald Andrew Hill | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 December 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 November 2011 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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Ronald Andrew Hill (20 December 1934 – 6 November 2011) was a South African international rugby union player.[1]
Hill was born in Johannesburg but raised in Bulawayo from the age of three. He attended Technical High School.[2]
A hooker, Hill played his rugby for Bulawayo-based club Old Miltonians and Rhodesia. He won Springboks selection on the 1960–61 tour of Europe as an understudy to Abie Malan, whose knee injury gave Hill a Test debut against Wales at Cardiff Arms Park, the first of seven Springboks caps.[3]
Hill's daughter Debbie represented Zimbabwe in diving at the 1980 Olympic Games.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Zim Boks are nothing new". News24. 5 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Noteable Ronald Andrew Hill". www.oldmiltonians.com.
- ^ "KYK: Die Bokke se groot moddertoets". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 26 November 2016.