Alfred Kivell
Birth name | Alfred Louis Kivell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 April 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 September 1987 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Stratford, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Stratford High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Louis Kivell (12 April 1897 – 1 September 1987) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Kivell represented Taranaki at a provincial level between 1920 and 1930. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, on their 1929 tour of Australia, playing in five matches including two internationals.[1]
Sources vary as to Kivell's place of birth: either Tararu, near Thames;[1] or Karangahake, near Paeroa.[2] Kivell enlisted as a rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in March 1917, and served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in France in the last months of World War I.[2] He died on 1 September 1987.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Knight, Lindsay. "Alfred Kivell". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Kivell, Alfred Lewis - WW1 56798 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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- 1897 births
- 1987 deaths
- People educated at Stratford High School, New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- Taranaki rugby union players
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- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
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