Basie van Wyk

Christiaan Johannes "Basie" van Wijk (5 November 1923 – 29 August 2002) was a South African rugby union international who was capped 10 times as a flanker for the Springboks in the 1950s.

Basie van Wyk

Full name	Christiaan Johannes van Wijk
Date of birth	(1923-11-05)5 November 1923
Place of birth	Vryburg, South Africa
Date of death	29 August 2002(2002-08-29) (aged 78)
Place of death	Warmbad, South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1951–55 South Africa 10 (18)

Born in Vryburg, van Wijk played his provincial rugby for Transvaal.^[1] He debuted for South Africa on the 1951–52 Europe tour and scored four tries across the five Tests, all won by the Springboks. His career also included home Tests against the touring Australians in 1953. On the reciprocal trip to Australia in 1956, van Wijk broke his leg while training in Sydney ahead of his first tour match.^[2] He was a schoolteacher by profession.^[3]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players

References

1. "Selectors will watch Midland Counties XV". Evening Despatch. 15 January 1952.
2. "Springbok's Leg Broken". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 May 1956.
3. "South Africans' Strong Side". The Guardian. 26 September 1951.

External links

• Basie van Wyk at ESPNscrum