Jakkals Keevy

Albert Charles Keevy (12 November 1917 – 9 February 1990), better known as Jakkals Keevy, was a South African rugby union player, most often playing as a fullback, though sometimes utilised at flyhalf. Keevy played club rugby for Brakpan and provincial rugby for both Orange Free State and Eastern Transvaal. Although he was never capped for the South African national team he is still considered a Springbok as he undertook the 1951–52 South Africa rugby tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France. He represented South Africa in thirteen games of the tour, which saw the Springboks lose only once in 31 matches.

Personal history Keevy was born in the Pretoria District of South Africa in 1917. Born Albert Charles Keevy, he was universally known as "Jakkals", though he preferred to be called Johnny. At the time of the 1951 tour he was married with one son, working as a foreman plumber with the Brakpan Municipality.

Keevy died in Vereeniging on 9 February 1990, at the age of 72.

Rugby career Keevy began playing club rugby at around the age of sixteen, his main club being Brakpan RFC. and his body suffered through his years of playing rugby. When Keevy attended the 1949 Pretoria trials, he had just come out of a plaster after breaking a small bone in his neck.

The game against North of Scotland on 28 November saw Keevy score his first points of the tour, converting a try from Viviers, who had been brought in at centre. This was followed with wins over Munster and a Combined Services team. He was never capped for his country.