Birth name | William Eberhardt Bastard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 February 1912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kokstad, Natal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 14 February 1949 | (aged 37)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Cedarville, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hilton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Bill O'Hagan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Eberhardt Bastard, also known as Ebbo Bastard (10 February 1912 – 14 February 1949), was a South African rugby union player from Kokstad, Natal. He predominantly played as a flanker and played for Natal and the South Africa national rugby union team. On 14 February 1949 he was shot dead by his wife's ex-husband.[1]