Ronnie Hill

Ronald Andrew Hill (20 December 1934 – 6 November 2011) was a South African international rugby union player.^[1]

Ronnie Hill

Full name	Ronald Andrew Hill
Date of birth	(1934-12-20)20 December 1934
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Date of death	6 November 2011(2011-11-06) (aged 76)
Place of death	Johannesburg, South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1960–63 South Africa 7 (0)

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]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players

References

1. "Zim Boks are nothing new". News24. 5 September 2008.
2. "Noteable Ronald Andrew Hill". www.oldmiltonians.com.
3. "KYK: Die Bokke se groot moddertoets". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 26 November 2016.

External links

• Ronnie Hill at ESPNscrum