Rudolf
Philippus
"Dolf"
Bekker
Born in Dordrecht, Eastern Cape
Ancestors 
Brother of
Cecilia Johanna Susanna (Bekker) Geyer [half], Marthinus Johannes Bekker [half], Jacobus Petrus Bekker [half], Johanna Maria Bekker [half], Geertruida Maria van Straaten Bekker [half], Christina Elizabeth Magdalena Bekker [half], Debora Elizabeth Bekker [half], Maria Marthina Bekker [half], Christiaan De Wet Bekker [half], Anna Susanna (Bekker) Strydom [half], Elsie Sofia Bekker [half], Hendrik Petrus Jordaan Bekker, Hester Isabella Bekker, Marthinus Johannes Bekker, Daniel Wepener Bekker, Johanna Maria Cornelia Bekker, [private sister (1930s - unknown)], Smartryk Christiaan Bekker and Stephanus Johannes Bekker
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died before
before age 85
in Pretoria, Gauteng
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| Created 9 May 2018
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Biography
Dolf gaan skool op Dordrect, Hy begin sy senior rugbyloopbaan by Noord Transvaal Rugby Unie. Hy word gekies as Springbok speler en speel in 2 toetes, beide toetse was teen Austuralie, Hy speel regtervleul in beide toetse en druk 'n drie in die eerste toets
Uitreksel uit die beeld 16 Junie 2012 Die 85-jarige Dolf Bekker, wat ná die dood van Willem Barnard verlede week die vierde oudste oorlewende Springbok was, is die naweek in Pretoria oorlede.
Bekker se broers en hul suster het Suid-Afrika almal op die sportveld verteenwoordig.
Jaap en Martiens Bekker het soos Dolf vir die Springbokke uitgedraf.
Op sy beurt het Daan Bekker as bokser by die Olimpiese Spele in 1956 in Melbourne ’n bronsmedalje in die swaargewig-afdeling gewen en dit in 1960 in Rome met ’n silwermedalje opgevolg.
Hul suster, Corrie Lategan, het Suid-Afrika op die atletiekbaan in diskusgooi en gewigstoot verteenwoordig.
Sources
- "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z5-PNLY?cc=2155416&wc=QZV2-142%3A1589315405%2C1589315413%2C1589315680%2C1589393961 : 2 August 2019), South Africa > Cape > Dordrecht > Christenings, memberships, 1939-1988 > image 45 of 68; Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk Van Afrika (Dutch Reformed Church of Africa), Pretoria.
Cheryl Fourie 26 May 2021
- "South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z5-GGK?cc=2155416&wc=QZV2-BKR%3A1589315405%2C1589315407%2C1589315510%2C1589393934 : 18 December 2018), South Africa > Transvaal > Villieria > Christenings, memberships, 1947-1989 > image 189 of 264; Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk Van Afrika (Dutch Reformed Church of Africa), Pretoria.
Cheryl Fourie 26 May 2021
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