Boy de Villiers

Hendrik Alexander de Villiers was born in Paarl, Cape Colony on 1 May 1884. He was a Springbok rugby player. He played in the position of centre. In his rugby playing days he was called "Boy" or "Boy Bekkies". He died on 9 November 1940, in Cape Town, South Africa.^[1]

Boy de Villiers

Full name	Hendrik Alexander de Villiers
Date of birth	(1884-05-01)1 May 1884
Place of birth	Paarl, Cape Colony
Date of death	9 November 1940(1940-11-09) (aged 56)
Place of death	Cape Town, South Africa
School	Paul Roos Gymnasium
University	University of Stellenbosch
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Maties () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1904–1906 Western Province () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1906 South Africa 3 (0)

Personal

He was born to Rocco, a composer and music professor and Maria (Nee Louw). He was the second youngest from 14 children. He matriculated on Paul Roos Gymnasium. He studied at the University of Stellenbosch. He was an auctioneer and married twice, firstly Mary Cunningham and then later in 1923 Marguerite Muller. He had two sons, one each out the two marriages.^[2]

Rugby

He played rugby for his high school, Maties and Western Province. He made his International South Africa test debut on 17 November 1906, on Hampden, in Glasgow, Scotland playing centre for the Springboks against Scotland. Scotland won the test 6-0. He played his next game on 1 December 1906 on St Helen’s in Swansea, Wales, against Wales and the Springboks won 11-0. His third and last test was on 12 December 1906 on Crystal Palace in South London, England. This match ended in a 3 all draw.^[3][4][5][6]

References

1. "1906 Nick names". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
2. Malherbe, J. and Malan, A (2013). "Genealogy of the de Villiers family in South Africa" (PDF). Huguenot Memorial Museum. Retrieved 15 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. "Most Springboks rugbyplayers produced by school". 2013.
4. "Stellenbosch rugbyvoetbal klub Jaarverslag 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2018.
5. "Springboks Produced from 1891". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
6. "Boy de Villiers, South Africa". ESPN.