Today in History: Former Springbok flyhalf dies
He scored two of his then record five tries for a South African outside half in the 1960 series victory over the All Blacks.
Former Springbok rugby flyhalf, Keith Oxlee, rugby player and chemical salesman was born in Johannesburg on 17 December, 1934, and died on 30 August, 1998 in Durban, at the age of 63. He and his wife had two children, a son and a daughter).
Oxlee was a Springbok rugby union player who represented South Africa in 19 tests between 1960 and 1965.
He had 88 career test points under his belt, breaking Gerry Brand’s 27-year-old South African record and setting one that stood for 20 years, until it was broken by Naas Botha.
Oxlee was one of the men who led South African rugby out of the despondency of the end of the fifties and helped to re-establish the Springboks as the top side in the world.
He scored two of his then record five tries for a South African outside half in the 1960 series victory over the All Blacks.
Many will remember the match against the Wallabies at Ellis Park in 1961 as Oxlee’s finest hour.
Some 60 000 fans gave the master a standing ovation when the paramedics helped him off the field after a spectacular final-minute try that pushed the score up to a record-breaking 28–3.
Information sourced from: South African History Online.
