Abie Malan

Gabriel Frederick 'Abie' Malan (18 November 1935 – 23 October 2014) was a South African rugby union player.

He made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1955 and in 1961 he joined Transvaal.

[2] Malan made his test debut for the Springboks against the touring French team on 16 August 1958 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

Five years later, he was selected as captain for the first test against Australia on 13 July 1963 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

[3] He also played in twenty six tour matches, scoring two tries, to add to his one test try.