Gerhard Klerck
| Full name | Gerhard Stefan Klerck | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | December 6, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gerhard Stefan Klerck (born December 6, 1975) is a South African-born American former rugby union international.[1]
Klerck was born in Pretoria and educated at Hoërskool Verwoerdburg, before moving to Aspen, Colorado in the late 1990s to play rugby union for Super League club Gentlemen of Aspen. He first started playing the sport the age of six.[2]
A lock, Klerck played professional rugby in Italy for Benetton Treviso and was a United States representative from 2003 to 2004. He appeared once at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, against Japan in Gosford, as starting lock in a 39–26 win.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Harmse, J. J. (June 28, 2004). "Back to basics". News24.
- ^ Benson, Steve (September 26, 2003). "Gents take off for rugby's World Cup". The Aspen Times.
- ^ "Clockwatch: Japan 26-39 USA". BBC News. October 27, 2003.
External links
[edit]- Gerhard Klerck at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- American rugby union players
- United States international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Gauteng
- Rugby union locks
- Benetton Rugby players
- South African rugby union players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- South African expatriate rugby union players
- American expatriate rugby union players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Gentlemen of Aspen RFC players