IB de Villiers

Isaac Benjamin de Villiers was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa on 10 March 1892. He was a Springbok rugby player. He played as full-back. He was more commonly known as “IB”. He died on 9 September 1966, in Johannesburg, South Africa

He was born to Isaac, a farmer and Francina Hofmeyr. He was one of 2 children.He worked as transport officer and married Gertruida van Heerden in 1913. He had two children with her.

He played rugby for Transvaal and was selected from the Australian tour in 1921. He made his International South Africadebut on 27 June 1921, on the Royal Agricultural Showground in Sydney, Australiaplaying fullback. This was a game between the Springboks and an Australian XV. He converted two tries score that day. The springbokswon 16-11.