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After his rugby-playing career ended, he was a national selector from 1938 until he was appointed coach in 1949. He started his coaching career with a bang, winning 10 matches in a row, including a 4–0 whitewash of New
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movements to successfully isolate South Africa from sporting and cultural contact with the rest of the world. Of all the sanctions aimed at South Africa, none irked the Afrikaner population more than the ban on rugby internationals.
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bystander introduced her to Craven as "a doctor" who "knew a lot about ankle injuries". After Craven treated her foot, he telephoned and arranged to meet her again, and their relationship developed.
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tour in 1986, which Craven denied would happen. By the time South Africa returned to international competition in 1992, there had been no outgoing tours since 1981, and no incoming tours since 1984.
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South African rugby union footballer, coach and administrator
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1953 Australia rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia
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Craven played his first test match on 5 December 1931 as
1937:"How 'Doc' Craven laid the path for South African rugby"
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Ethnological Classification of the South African Bantu
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Chris Cillié, J. H. Jordaan, and H. J. Bothma. 1972.
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1778:"There will be a black springbok over my dead body"
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2093:"Dr Daniel Hartman Craven: The Doctor Knows Best"
1743:John Nauright & Charles Parrish, ed. (2012).
1546:List of South Africa national rugby union players
1526:1937 South Africa rugby union tour to Australasia
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2571:Winter Colours: Changing Seasons in World Rugby
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1998:Le Roux, Herman (5 January 1993).
1966:"Prisoners of War – Craven, James"
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2280:"South Africa: The New Ball Game"
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2594:Craven, Danie (1 January 1948).
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2314:. RuggaWorld.com. Archived from
1935:Lord, David (24 February 2011).
1596:"2007 Inductee: Dr Danie Craven"
1446:. Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers.
1404:. Kaapstad: Tafelberg-uitgewers.
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2418:Venter, Joe (4 October 2010).
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2149:The Journal of African History
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2631:"Huge IRB honour for Craven"
2597:Die Grondbeginsels van Rugby
2461:"Doc not entirely forgotten"
1882:Horne, Becky (28 May 2006).
1493:Tennis vir die organiseerder
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1453:. Johannesburg: Swan Press.
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1204:African National Congress
1189:International Rugby Board
1185:South African Rugby Board
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2308:"Mister Rugby's century"
1862:The Independent (London)
1858:"Obituary: Danie Craven"
1507:Ek speel vir Suid-Afrika
1502:. Cape Town: R. Beerman.
263:Provincial / State sides
112:80 kg (176 lb)
2884:Pierre de Villiers (SH)
2880:Danie Craven (SH, No.8)
2368:"Noorspoort Guest Farm"
2064:"Noorspoort Guest Farm"
1972:. Anglo-Boer War Museum
1890:. Rootsweb.ancestry.com
1812:Encyclopædia Britannica
1746:Sports around the World
1474:. Johannesburg: Mimosa.
1460:. Johannesburg: Mimosa.
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485:Stellenbosch University
392:Stellenbosch University
226:Stellenbosch University
128:Stellenbosch University
2756:1937 Springbok touring
2569:McRae, Donald (2013).
1953:Comment by Spiro Zavos
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1439:. Kaapstad: Tafelberg.
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2488:Dobson, Paul (1994).
2394:"Dan Craven: Q&A"
2245:Bezuidenhout, Kobus.
1486:Danie Craven on Rugby
1444:Die verhaal van rugby
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1179:Administrative career
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416:Daniël Hartman Craven
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2818:Mauritz van den Berg
2220:Harris, Tim (2009).
1495:. Stellenbosch: UUB.
1488:. Wellington : Reed.
1336:Danie Craven Stadium
1196:white South Africans
1158:Newlands, Cape Town
671:International career
631:Rugby playing career
586:St. Andrew's College
329:International career
240:Albany (Grahamstown)
2692:Sporting positions
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2010:on 30 December 2013
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505:Free State province
120:Lindley High School
71:Lindley, Free State
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2667:on 3 November 2006
2398:Telegraph (London)
1606:on 31 October 2013
1330:The South African
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