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Joe Kaminer

South African rugby union player (1934–2021)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ3180098 ↗
Source-derived summary

Joe Kaminer (25 January 1934 – 3 August 2021) was a South African rugby union player.

Kaminer, who is Jewish, was born in Warmbad and schooled in Pietersburg. He played a single test for the Boks, making his debut on 16 Aug 1958, with the Boks losing against France at Ellis Park. Kaminer played for Wits and Transvaal.

Test history

See also

List of select Jewish rugby union players

References

External links

Joe Kaminer at ESPNscrum (archived)

The Glory of the Game about the Ten Jewish Springboks.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Joe Kaminer” as south African rugby union player (1934–2021). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1934, 2021, 1958—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1934-01-25. The account is most persuasive where Kaminer, South and African can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as south African rugby union player (1934–2021). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3180098. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1934, 2021 and 1958.

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This entry incorporates text from “Joe Kaminer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.