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Alf Walker (rugby union)

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Alfred Percy Walker (8 May 1893 – 17 July 1971) was a South African international rugby union player.

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Walker was born in the mining town of Randfontein outside Johannesburg and attended Randfontein High School. His elder brother Henry was capped for the Springboks against the 1910 British Lions.[1]

A forward, Walker gained six Springboks caps. He featured twice as a loose forward against the All Blacks on their 1921 tour of New Zealand and played all four Test matches against the visiting 1924 British Lions, as a second rower.[2]

Walker and son Harry, a 1950s prop, were the first father–son combination to be Springboks.[3]

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