Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1925-02-12)12 February 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Riversdale, Western Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 October 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | South African College High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecil Moss (12 February 1925 – 27 October 2017) was a South African rugby union player, coach and a professional physician. He was also a qualified medical doctor (anaesthetist) and was part of the medical team who removed the heart from the first heart transplant donor, Denise Darvall. Moss was Jewish and had two children.
He had 4 caps for South Africa in 1949. Educated at the South African College Schools, he developed close involvement with the University of Cape Town. Moss was vice-captain of the Springboks in 1949, when they beat New Zealand 4–0, and played four winning tests for South Africa, debuting on 16 July 1949.
He was head coach of South Africa from 1982 to 1989 and achieved 10 wins and only 2 losses during his time in office. He missed the 1987 Rugby World Cup due to the international sports boycott against his country's apartheid policies.
See also
References
- "The Jewish Quarterly". The Jewish quarterly. 1999. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Mazal Aplenty for Stransky". Pqasb.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ "Letter From Cape Town". The Jewish Chronicle. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ "Cecil Moss; ECHO Tributes". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- Cecil Moss on scrum.com, retrieved 3 June 2010
External links
- Cecil Moss at ESPNscrum
- Letter from Cape Town in The Jewish Chronicle
- The Glory of the Game about the Ten Jewish Springboks.
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Preceded by Nelie Smith
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South Africa National Rugby Union Coach 1982–89 |
Succeeded byJohn Williams
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