Willem Ferdinand van Rheede van Oudtschoorn Bergh (2 November 1906 – 28 May 1973), better known as "Ferdie" Bergh, was a South African rugby union player.
[Cotton, p74][Scrum.com player profile, retrieved 20 February 2010]
Biography
He was originally from
Stellenbosch
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, well known as a Springbok rugby breeding ground.
[ He studied at ]Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...
, after which he went to Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom ( ; ), colloquially known as Potch, is an college town, academic city in the North West (South African province), North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstro ...
. He played his first provincial rugby for the and after that he played for four more provinces.[
Willem Ferdinand van Rheede van Oudtschoorn Bergh may hold the record for having the longest name in international rugby,][ comprising 43 letters in total, including seven words and five names ("Van Rheede" and "Van Oudtschoorn" counting as single names.
He is most famous for scoring the winning try in the only test rugby series ever won by South Africa in New Zealand.
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Test history
See also
*List of South Africa national rugby union players
South Africa national rugby union team players hold several international records. Several players from the South Africa national rugby union team have joined the IRB and International Hall of Fame.
Individual records
Career
South Africa's '' ...
– Springbok no. 228
Bibliography
* Cotton, Fran (Ed.) (1984) ''The Book of Rugby Disasters & Bizarre Records''. (Compiled by Chris Rhys. London. Century Publishing. )
References
External links
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South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Afrikaner people
1973 deaths
1906 births
Rugby union players from Stellenbosch
Rugby union locks
Rugby union number eights
Leopards (rugby union) players
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