Ou-Boet Strydom

Louis Jacobus Strydom (27 October 1921 – 11 May 2003), known as Ou-Boet Strydom, was a South African international rugby union player.

Ou-Boet Strydom

Full name	Louis Jacobus Strydom
Date of birth	(1921-10-27)27 October 1921
Place of birth	Robertson, South Africa
Date of death	11 May 2003(2003-05-11) (aged 81)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	93.9 kg (207 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger / Flanker Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Boland () Northern Transvaal () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1949 South Africa 2 (0)

Strydom hailed from the town of Robertson and was a Boland Schools representative player.^[1]

Initially a three–quarter, Strydom started his provincial career as a 19 year old winger for Boland. He moved to Pretoria in 1942 to work for the Prison Service and subsequently played for the Prison Officers club. His early representative appearances for Northern Transvaal were as a three–quarter, until he was transferred to the pack in 1946, and it was as a wing–forward that he won a Springboks call up in 1949. He was capped in the opening two Test matches against the touring 1949 All Blacks, at Newlands and Ellis Park respectively.^[2][3]

See also

• List of South Africa national rugby union players