CAPE TOWN — Ian Kirkpatrick, a former Springbok player and coach, has died, the South African Rugby Union said Monday. He was 82. Kirkpatrick played 13 tests and 43 games in all for the Springboks from 1953-61. He debuted at flyhalf against Australia at Newlands before moving to center for the majority of his appearances in the green and gold. He went on tours to New Zealand (1956) and to Britain and France (1960-61). Known as “Kirkie,” he also stepped in as coach for South Africa's 1974 tour of France after the Boks had fallen to a famous series loss at home to British Lions. — AP
