Beauclerk Upington, advocate, politician, yachtsman and president of the South African Football (Soccer) Association (1913-22), died in Cape Town under impoverished conditions.
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eventREF E-0011582Revised
23 August 1938
Beauclerk Upington dies
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 99.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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