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| Full name | Karel Thomas van Vollenhoven | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 1935 Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 October 2017 (aged 82) South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karel Thomas van Vollenhoven (29 April 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a South African rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s.[1] He enjoyed a prolific rugby league career with English club St. Helens after switching codes from rugby union in the 1950s. Van Vollenhoven became a rugby league sensation with the club in a career spanning ten seasons from the 1957 to the 1967–68 season. During this time he amassed a club record 392 tries in 408 appearances.[2] This includes a record 62-tries scored during the 1958–59 season. In 2000, he was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame.[3][4]
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- ^ "Van Vollenhoven named as Cup's greatest overseas star". www.superleague.co.uk. 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Tom van Vollenhoven". espnscrum.com. ESPN EMEA Ltd. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ RL Record Keepers' Club