Cecil Moss
| Date of birth | 12 February 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Riversdale, Western Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 October 2017 (aged 92) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | South African College High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecil Moss (12 February 1925 – 27 October 2017) was a South African rugby union player, coach and a professional physician. He was also a qualified medical doctor (anaesthetist) and was part of the medical team who removed the heart from the first heart transplant donor, Denise Darvall. Moss was Jewish[1][2][3][4] and had two children.[4]
He had 4 caps for South Africa in 1949.[5] Educated at the South African College Schools, he developed close involvement with the University of Cape Town. Moss was vice-captain of the Springboks in 1949, when they beat New Zealand 4–0,[3] and played four winning tests for South Africa, debuting on 16 July 1949.
He was head coach of South Africa from 1982 to 1989 and achieved 10 wins and only 2 losses during his time in office. He missed the 1987 Rugby World Cup due to the international sports boycott against his country's apartheid policies.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Jewish Quarterly". The Jewish quarterly. 1999. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Mazal Aplenty for Stransky". Pqasb.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Letter From Cape Town". The Jewish Chronicle. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Cecil Moss; ECHO Tributes". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ^ Cecil Moss on scrum.com, retrieved 3 June 2010
External links
[edit]- Cecil Moss at ESPNscrum
- Letter from Cape Town in The Jewish Chronicle
- The Glory of the Game about the Ten Jewish Springboks.
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