About Joe Kraefft
Lived 1922 – 2010 (aged 88). Joe Kraefft was a rugby union player.
Donald Frederick Kraefft (20 July 1922 — 14 November 2010) was an Australian rugby union international.
Kraefft was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney.
A lock, Kraefft was a line-out specialist and played his first-grade rugby for Sydney University. He gained six Wallabies caps, debuting against the All Blacks at the SCG in 1947. His other five Test appearances were all on the 1947–48 tour of Britain, Ireland and France, where he was one of Australia's best forwards This was despite losing 15 lbs on the boat trip over, after developing a septic throat from swimming in the pool, missing the first five tour matches as a result.
Kraefft coached Sydney University for one first-grade season in 1951.
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Joe Kraefft was born on 20 July 1922.
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Joe Kraefft died on 14 November 2010.
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Joe Kraefft was a rugby union player.
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