Gert Coetzer

Gert Coetzer

Personal information
Full name	Gert Coetzer
Born	c. 1938–39 Bloemfontein, South Africa
Died	10 November 2018 (aged 79) Pretoria, South Africa
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1963–≤63 Bloemfontein RI RFC Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1963–≤63 Orange Free State 44
Rugby league
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1963–≤63 Johannesburg Celtic ≤1963–Feb 63 Bloemfontein Aquilae Feb 1963–68 Wakefield Trinity 191 122 0 0 366 Total 191 122 0 0 366 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1965–≥65 Commonwealth XIII ≥1 1965 Other Nationalities 1

Gert Coetzer (c. 1938–39 – 10 November 2018), also known by the nickname of "Oupa" (meaning "Old Man" in Afrikaans),^[1] was a South African rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Orange Free State (now represented by the Free State Cheetahs), and at club level for Bloemfontein Railway Institute RFC (in Bloemfontein, South Africa), as a wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for South Africa (non-Test matches), Other Nationalities and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Johannesburg Celtic (in Johannesburg, South Africa), Bloemfontein Aquilae (in Bloemfontein, South Africa), and Wakefield Trinity, as a wing or centre.^[2]