George Daneel
George Murray Daneel (29 August 1904 – 19 October 2004) was a South African rugby player. He was capped eight times, scoring two tries. He was known as being the oldest Springbok rugby player. Personal history Daneel was born in Calvinia, Cape Colony (now in the Northern Cape) on 29 August 1904 to Marthinus and Charlotte Daneel, and was one of seven children. His father was a Dutch Reformed Church minister who had played rugby for Stellenbosch University against Bill Maclagan's 1891 British team. He also had two other relatives who played at a high level; his uncle Henry Daneel was a member of Paul Roos' 1906–07 team, while one of his cousins, Louis Louw, played on the 1912–13 tour under the captaincy of Billy Millar. When his father was at Victoria West, Daneel attended the local school, but had to leave in his final year as he was the only senior pupil left and that the standards were not quite up to scratch. His father eventually sent him to school in Robertson, due to the boarding there being inexpensive. He studied theology at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1922 and 1923, failing both years, but managed to