Don Kitchenbrand

Don Kitchenbrand (also Kichenbrand; born 13 August 1933) was a South African football player who played in Britain for Rangers and Sunderland in the mid to late 1950s. He was nicknamed The Rhino by Rangers fans.[1]

Don Kitchenbrand
Personal information
Full name Donald Basil Kitchenbrand[1]
Date of birth (1933-08-13)13 August 1933
Place of birth Germiston, South Africa
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950 Boksburg
1951–1955 Delfos
1955–1958 Rangers 30 (26)
1958–1960 Sunderland 53 (28)
1960 Johannesburg Ramblers
1960 Vereeniging Athletic
1961–1962 Johannesburg Wanderers
1962–1963 Forfar Athletic 9 (6)
1963 Keith 5 (2)
Total 91+ (60+)
National team
1956 South Africa XI 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In his first season in British football (1955-1956), Kitchenbrand scored 24 goals in 25 league appearances to help Rangers win the Scottish League title.[2] That season's goal tally included a 5-goal haul in an 8–0 rout of Queen of the South at Ibrox on 7 March 1956.[3] Kitchenbrand didn't feature much for Rangers after that first season,[2] having lost his place in the side to Max Murray,[4] and left for Sunderland in March 1958.[4]

Kitchenbrand played 54 competitive games for Sunderland, scoring 28 goals.[5] In November 1958 he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Rotherham, the first hat-trick a Sunderland player had achieved in two years.[6]

Kitchenbrand returned to his homeland in 1960 to play for Johannesburg Wanderers,[4] and a number of other teams,[7] before coming back to Scotland two years later for a brief spell at Forfar Athletic.[8]

He played once for his country in March 1956, featuring in a South Africa representative side all consisting of British-based players and including Kitchenbrand's Rangers team-mate Johnny Hubbard. They played against a Scotland XI at Ibrox, losing 2–1.[9]

Honours

Rangers

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References
  1. "Don Kitchenbrand: Rangers Secret Catholic" (in Dutch). Doing the 116 Blog. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. "Kichenbrand, Don". FitbaStats. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  3. "Rangers Player Don Kichenbrand, Games Played 1955/1956". FitbaStats. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. Houghton, Ashley (7 February 2014). "Player of the Day: Don Kitchenbrand". Sunderland Association Football Club. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  5. "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". Thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. "Sunderland Teams 1958/59". rokerpark.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. Raath, Peter (2002). Soccer Through the Years 1862-2002. Peter Raath. ISBN 0-620-29805-7.
  8. "Forfar Athletic Player Donald Kitchenbrand Details". Fitbastats.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  9. "Ordeal for Scottish team at Ibrox". The Glasgow Herald. 13 March 1956. p. 4. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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