Ken Yanz
{{Short description|Australian rugby union player (1929–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
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| birth_place = Hornsby, New South Wales
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| death_place= Sydney, New South Wales
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Kenneth Yanz (18 May 1929 – 5 February 2019{{Cite web|url=https://gordonrugby.com.au/vale-ken-yanz/|title=VALE KEN YANZ {{!}} Gordon Rugby Club|access-date=2020-01-31}}) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Yanz, a flanker, was born in Hornsby, New South Wales and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia on the Wallabies' 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France and played for New South Wales.
Career
Born in the Sydney suburb of Hornsby, Yanz learned his rugby playing for the Lane Cove Rugby Club and Gordon Juniors. After high school, he worked his way up through Gordon. He played regularly in North Harbour v South Harbour matches and for the Sydney XV and was selected for the Australia national rugby union team 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France. He played in the Test against France in Paris. He later played for the New South Wales Team and was appointed Captain of Gordon, where he set a club record for games played.Jack Pollard, Australian Rugby Union the Game and the Players, Angus & Robertson, 1984. In 2012, Yanz recalled his playing days for a documentary about the history of Lane Cove Rugby by Theo Clark Media.[https://issuu.com/rugbynews/docs/rugbynews.net.au Rugby News : Volume 26, Issue 16], Jim Davis, August 2012
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Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Australia international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Sydney
Category:New South Wales rugby union team players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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