Morris Zimerman [SEP] date of death
Morris Zimerman
Morris Zimerman (8 June 1911, Jansenville-10 January 1992, Johannesburg) was a South African rugby union player.
Zimerman was the first Jew to represent in rugby union, when he debuted on 5 December 1931. He played in four more tests for South Africa.
He was the cousin of Louis Babrow, another Jewish Springbok.
External links.
- Morris Zimerman on scrum.com
- The Glory of the Game about the Ten Jewish Springboks.
- Rugby Personalities: The Jewish Springboks
a Jewish holy day. In the end, Babrow played, with the rationale that he was playing in New Zealand, not his homeland:
At 22, Babrow was the youngest member of the touring party. One of Babrow's cross-kicks set up a try for Ferdie Bergh to score. He recalled that some members of the Springbok party were Greyshirt sympathisers, but that he never experienced anti-Semitism on the tour.
Personal life and opinions.
Babrow was the cousin of Morris Zimerman, the first