Okey Geffin
Athlete
1921 – 2004
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Who was Okey Geffin?
Aaron "Okey" Geffin was a South African rugby union player.
He is sometimes considered the greatest Jewish rugby player of all time, and he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
Geffin's handprints and boot prints are displayed in the New Zealand National Rugby Museum in tribute to his 1949 kicking record.
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- Born
- May 28, 1921
Johannesburg - Lived in
- Johannesburg
- Died
- Oct 16, 2004
South Africa
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on July 23, 2013
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