Ken Yanz

Kenneth Yanz (18 May 1929 – 5 February 2019[2]) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Ken Yanz
Birth nameKenneth Yanz[1]
Date of birth(1929-05-18)18 May 1929[1]
Place of birthHornsby, New South Wales [1]
Date of death5 February 2019(2019-02-05) (aged 89)
Place of deathSydney, New South Wales
SpouseJune
Rugby union career
Position(s) flanker[1]
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Gordon RFC ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958[1] Wallabies 1[1] (0[1])

Yanz, a flanker, was born in Hornsby, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia on the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France and played for New South Wales.

Career

Born in the Sydney suburb of Hornsby, Yanz learned his rugby playing for the Lane Cove Rugby Club and Gordon Juniors. After high school, he worked his way up through Gordon. He played regularly in North Harbour v South Harbour matches and for the Sydney XV and was selected for the Australia national rugby union team 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He played in the Test against France in Paris. He later played for the New South Wales Team and was appointed Captain of Gordon, where he set a club record for games played.[3]

gollark: You only have to win once to get an infinite money tree, though.
gollark: 60000 and we get a *great* 1 in 1000 chance.
gollark: If it's 6000 active enough players there's a wonderful 1 in 100 chance of winning! Yay!
gollark: If you trust the whatsit.
gollark: There *are* a few hundred on at any given time.

References
  1. "Scrum.com player profile of Ken Yanz". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. "VALE KEN YANZ | Gordon Rugby Club". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. Jack Pollard, Australian Rugby Union the Game and the Players, Angus & Robertson, 1984.


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