Gys Pitzer
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Gys Pitzer
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Gysbertus Pitzer is a South African former rugby union international. Pitzer was born in the town of Louis Trichardt and played provincial rugby for Northern Transvaal. A hooker, Pitzer earned 12 Test caps for the Springboks from 1967 to 1969. He played all four Tests in the 1968 British Lions tour and during one of the matches famously felled opposite hooker John Pullin with a punch. The Englishman would later bring up Pitzer's name as the best hooker he had played against. On the 1969–70 tour
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Rugby player
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2024-03-26T18:22:50Z
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