Jan Prinsloo’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Rugby union player
Was Athlete 
Rugby union player 
Rugby league player 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 18 May 1935, Pretoria
Death 27 June 1966, Wellington
(aged 31 years)
Star sign Taurus

Johannes “Jan” Albertus Prinsloo was a South African rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and ’60s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for South Africa, and at provincial level for Western Province, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and playing representative rugby league (RL) for Rugby League XIII, and at club level for St. Helens, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #669), as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

International honours

Jan Prinsloo won caps for South Africa (RU) while at Western Province in 1958 against France (2 matches), and represented Rugby League XIII (RL) while at ?.

Career at St. Helens

Jan Prinsloo scored his first try for St. Helens as part of a two-try début against Rochdale Hornets on Saturday 8 November 1958. During the 1958–59 season Prinsloo scored hat-tricks against Salford and Blackpool Borough for a season total of 27-tries from 31 games. Prinsloo played a vital part in finishing dazzling moves for many a St. Helens victory including the sensational 1959 Championship Final win by 44 points to 22 over a great Hunslet side where Prinsloo exhibited a fabulous touchline dash rounded off with his trademark ‘swallow dive’ over the tryline. During the 1959–60 season Prinsloo scored 4-tries against Liverpool City and a hat-trick of tries against Hull, finishing the season with 29-tries from 38 matches. The following year brought more success with a hat-trick of tries against Workington Town, hs final match for St. Helens was against Warrington on Saturday 7 January 1961. The transferring of both Prinsloo to Wakefield Trinity and Frank Carlton to Wigan paved the way for a £11,000 World Record transfer to bring Mick Sullivan to Knowsley Road. Prinsloo had the daunting task of wearing the St. Helens number five jersey at the same time as Tom van Vollenhoven was setting the whole game on fire on the other wing. His record and strike-rate demonstrates what a fine finisher Prinsloo was in rugby league.

County Cup final appearances

Jan Prinsloo played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, in St. Helens 4-5 defeat by Warrington in the 1959 Lancashire Cup final during the 1959–60 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 31 October 1959, and played Left-Wing in the 15-9 victory over Swinton in the 1960 Lancashire Cup final during the 1960–61 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 29 October 1960 in front of a crowd of over 31,000.

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