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Stephen Perry Fry (14 July 1924 – 29 June 2002) was a South African rugby union player, most often playing as a flanker. Fry played rugby for his home town of Somerset West and provincial rugby for Western Province. He won 13 caps for the South African national team (the Springboks), and captained the country in four matches against the British Lions. Personal history Fry was born in Somerset West in South Africa in 1924. He was one of five brothers; one of whom was killed flying in the Battle of Britain. The others were, Dennis who also toured with the Springboks in 1951, Alec his twin, and Robert. Fry served South Africa during the Second World War, and on his return studied at the University of Cape Town, gaining a BSc in Engineering and qualified as an engineer. A keen sportsman, he is described as a first-class athlete and was a half-blue at the university. Fry married Bettie, and they had two children, Juliet and Mark. He harboured ambitions to be a jazz pianist. Rugby career Fry began playing rugby as a schoolboy, playing in an under-eleven side. As an adult he played for local club Somerset West RFC. Fry served in the South African 6th Armoured Division during the Second World War, and after the end of hostilities in 1945 he toured with the Armoured Division's rugby team. The team played in both Britain and France.

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Notable quotes

“An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.”
— The Liar (1991)
“I don't need you to remind me of my age, I have a bladder to do that for me.”
— "Trefusis Returns!" in Paperweight (1993) p. 279.
“God once had Bach and Michelangelo on his side, he had Mozart, and now who does he have? People with ginger whiskers and tinted spectacles who reduce the glories of theology to a kind of sharing.”
— The Blasphemy Debate with Christopher Hitchens
“Pathetic, naive, like small noisy tantrums.”
— On the e-book Poets Against the War.
“I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and inhumane.”
— On Jan Moir's column on the death of Stephen Gately.
“She has a very intense poetic mind. That's what makes it — that voice that comes in.”
— While listening to 50 Words for Snow

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Stephen Perry Fry (14 July 1924 – 29 June 2002) was a South African rugby union player, most often playing as a flanker. Fry played rugby for his home town of Somerset West and provincial rugby for Western Province. He won 13 caps for the South African national team (the Springboks), and captained the country in four matches against the British Lions. Personal history Fry was born in Somerset West in South Africa in 1924. He was one of five brothers; one of whom was killed flying in the Battle of Britain. The others were, Dennis who also toured with the Springboks in 1951, Alec his twin, and Robert. Fry served South Africa during the Second World War, and on his return studied at the University of Cape Town, gaining a BSc in Engineering and qualified as an engineer. A keen sportsman, he is described as a first-class athlete and was a half-blue at the university. Fry married Bettie, and they had two children, Juliet and Mark. He harboured ambitions to be a jazz pianist. Rugby career Fry began playing rugby as a schoolboy, playing in an under-eleven side. As an adult he played for local club Somerset West RFC. Fry served in the South African 6th Armoured Division during the Second World War, and after the end of hostilities in 1945 he toured with the Armoured Division's rugby team. The team played in both Britain and France.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.”
— The Liar (1991)
“I don't need you to remind me of my age, I have a bladder to do that for me.”
— "Trefusis Returns!" in Paperweight (1993) p. 279.
“God once had Bach and Michelangelo on his side, he had Mozart, and now who does he have? People with ginger whiskers and tinted spectacles who reduce the glories of theology to a kind of sharing.”
— The Blasphemy Debate with Christopher Hitchens
“Pathetic, naive, like small noisy tantrums.”
— On the e-book Poets Against the War.
“I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and inhumane.”
— On Jan Moir's column on the death of Stephen Gately.
“She has a very intense poetic mind. That's what makes it — that voice that comes in.”
— While listening to 50 Words for Snow

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Stephen Fry: British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist · English cricketer (1900-1979)

Stephen Perry Fry (14 July 1924 – 29 June 2002) was a South African rugby union player, most often playing as a flanker. Fry played rugby for his home town of Somerset West and provincial rugby for Western Province. He won 13 caps for the South African national team (the Springboks), and captained the country in four matches against the British Lions.

Stephen Fry across IJR

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