André Venter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetAndré Venter
South African rugby union footballer
Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1970
Place of Birth: Vereeniging, Gauteng, South Africa
Profession: rugby union player
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About André Venter
- André Gerhardus Venter (born 14 November 1970 in Vereeniging, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union footballer who earned 66 caps playing for the South Africa national team during the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2000s.
- He represented South Africa during the 1999 Rugby World Cup where they finished third. Bill McLaren once said that "He's no oil painting, but look at him working the blind side like a pop-up toaster!A few years after his retirement he was diagnosed with a degenerative syndrome of the central nervous system, later revealed to be transverse myelitis, which causes damage to the spine, and forced him into a wheelchair.
- Later, his former Springbok teammate, Joost van der Westhuizen developed a degenerative nervous disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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