{{short description|South African sportsman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use South African English|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Dan van Zyl | image = | caption = | birth_name = Daniel Jacobus van Zyl | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Pretoria]], [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]], South Africa | height = 1.73m | weight = 85 kg | position = [[Scrum-half (rugby union)|Scrum-half]] | repteam1 = [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] | repyears1 = 2000 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | repupdate = 2000-12-02 | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | clubupdate = | super1 = [[Stormers]] | superyears1 = | superapps1 = | superpoints1 = | superupdate = | province1 = [[Western Province (rugby team)|Western Province]] | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = }}
'''Daniel Jacobus van Zyl''' (born 8 January 1971 in [[Pretoria]]) is a South African sportsman who represented his country at [[rugby union]] and played [[first-class cricket]].
Dan van Zyl was educated at [[St. Alban's College]] and the [[University of Pretoria]]. He played his provincial rugby at [[Western Province (rugby team)|Western Province]] and represented the [[Stormers]] as a scrum half in the [[Super 12]]. Also capable of playing fly half, van Zyl toured Europe and the United Kingdom with the [[South African national rugby union team]] in 2000 and made his only Test match appearance in a fixture against England at Twickenham as a reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarugby.co.za/profiles.asp?id=18248&Search=van%20Zyl |title=Profile: Dan van Zyl |publisher=SA Rugby }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He later played with and coached Irish club [[County Carlow Football Club|County Carlow]] and is now the coach of [[Wicklow RFC]] as well as a player for [[Old Wesley]].
An [[all-rounder]] who bowled right-arm off-break, van Zyl played at [[Northerns (cricket team)|Northern Transvaal]] from 1992/93 to 1996/97 and then [[Boland cricket team|Boland]] in 1998/99. He averaged exactly a wicket a match in both forms of the game, with 26 wickets from 26 first-class appearances and 48 wickets from 48 one dayers. He never scored a hundred with the bat but managed seven half centuries in first-class cricket to finish with a respectable 1293 runs at 27.51. Van Zyl had his best season in 1995/96 when he scored 332 runs at 33.20 and took eight wickets at 24.50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/1995-96_RSA.html|title=Cricket in South Africa in 1995/96| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
==Accolades== In 2004 he was inducted into the [[University of Pretoria]] Sport Hall of fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID%3D10413 |title=Hall of fame > University of Pretoria |accessdate=19 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717033810/http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=10413 |archivedate=17 July 2011 }} Hall of fame Retrieved 25 June 2011</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20030214124112/http://www.genslin.us/bokke/sarugby.html Springbok Rugby Hall of Fame] *[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47716.html Cricinfo: Dan van Zyl]
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