Dan Vickerman

Dan Vickerman

Vickerman during the 2011 Rugby World Cup
Birth name	Daniel Joseph Vickerman
Date of birth	(1979-06-04)4 June 1979
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death	18 February 2017(2017-02-18) (aged 37)
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	2.04 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	119 kg (18 st 10 lb; 262 lb)
School	Diocesan College, Cape Town
University	Hughes Hall, Cambridge
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–10 Northampton 12 (0) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–03 Brumbies 20 (30) 2004–08, 2011 Waratahs 58 (0) Correct as of 1 June 2012 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–11 Australia 63 (0) 2002 Australia A 2000 Australia U-21

Daniel Joseph Vickerman (4 June 1979 – 18 February 2017)^[1] was a professional rugby union player. The 204 cm, 119 kg lock played 63 Tests with the Wallabies, the national team of his adopted country of Australia.^[2] After seven seasons with the Wallabies, and having played Super Rugby for the New South Wales Waratahs and ACT Brumbies, Vickerman left his successful international rugby career in 2008. He attended the University of Cambridge, where he read a degree in Land Economy at Hughes Hall. While in England, he played rugby for Cambridge University and Northampton Saints.^[3] In 2011, he returned to Australia and played again for the Wallabies, including at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, before he retired from the game.^[4]