Melt Hanekom

Biography

Melt Hanekom toured Australia and New Zealand with the 1956 Springboks as a hooker but did not play in a Test. Born in Moorreesburg on 27 July 1931, he had not yet held a regular place in the Boland side when he was picked, and he once played on with a broken leg. He later farmed in the Swartland and died on 8 October 1997.