Tom van Vollenhoven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetTom van Vollenhoven
South African rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and administrator
Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1935
Place of Birth: Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
Date of Death: 21-Oct-2017
Profession: rugby union player, rugby league player
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Tom van Vollenhoven
- 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.
- 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.
- This includes a record 62 in the 1958–59 Northern Rugby Football League season.
- In 2000, he was inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame.
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See Also
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