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Stanley Osler

rugby union player

Born
January 31, 1907 · Aliwal North
Died
April 16, 1980 · Somerset West
Age
73 years
Nationality
South Africa

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Stanley Gordon Osler (31 January 1907 – 16 April 1980) was a South African international rugby union player.

Biography

Known as "Sharkey", Osler was born in Aliwal North and had Cornish ancestry on his father's side. He attended Kingswood College and the University of Cape Town, before going to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Osler gained his only Springboks cap in 1928, as a centre three-quarter against the touring All Blacks at Durban. His primary position, fly-half, was occupied by his elder brother Bennie Osler. He gained a rugby blue at Oxford in 1931.

From 1947 to 1964, Osler served as headmaster of Kearsney College.

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