Trix Truter

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| name = Trix Truter

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| full_name = Jacobus Tredoux Truter

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|06|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa

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| height = 1.88 m

| weight = 88.5 kg

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| position = Wing

| provinceyears1 = 1959–67

| province1 = {{rut|Natal}}

| provinceapps1 = 43

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| repyears1 = 1963–65

| repteam1 = {{nrut|South Africa}}

| repcaps1 = 3

| reppoints1 = 3

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Jacobus Tredoux Truter (born 5 June 1939) is a South African former international rugby union player.

Born in Ladysmith, Truter was a wing three–quarter and represented Natal.{{cite web |title=Trix Truter |url=https://bokhist.com/PlayerData.aspx?PlayerID=561 |website=bokhist.com}}

Truter gained three caps in sporadic appearances for the Springboks during the early 1960s. He made his debut deputising for Jannie Engelbrecht against the touring Wallabies at Pretoria in 1963.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Craig |title=Trix takes a walk down memory lane |work=Daily News |date=28 August 2014}} His next opportunity came the following year when South Africa hosted France for a one–off Test match at Springs. He was a member of the Springboks squad for their 1965 tour and scored a try against the Wallabies at Lang Park in his only international match of the trip.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131830479 |title=Thornett's men rewrite book |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=28 June 1965 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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