Danie Gerber
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Danie Gerber (born 14 April 1958 in Port Elizabeth, Union of South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player, who played for South Africa between 1980 and 1992. He played mainly at inside or outside centre, but also on the wing.
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Birth name | Daniël Mattheus Gerber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1958-04-14) 14 April 1958 (age 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, Cape Province Union of South Africa (now Eastern Cape) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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His international career was severely limited because of South Africa's sporting isolation caused by apartheid.[1] He won only 24 caps for South Africa (scoring 19 tries[2]), despite playing internationally for 12 years. However despite this, in 2007 he was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.[3]