Career
He played the position of flanker. lieutenant is around this time that Malan made his suggestion to Danie Craven to organise a tournament for schoolboys to coincide with the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the South African Rugby Board, the implementation of which provided the groundwork for the Craven Week schools tournament. Malan held the title of the oldest living Springbok between 2005 and 5 July 2015, when he died in his sleep at the age of 96.