Alvin Kirkland

Alvin Kirkland is an American former American football and rugby league player. Kirkland was a member of the "American All Stars" rugby league team^[1] a team made up of American college football players that toured Australia in 1953. None of them had played rugby league before the tour.^[2] Kirkland returned to Australia in 1956, and played all regular season matches for the Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club in that year's New South Wales Rugby Football League season.^[3]

References[]

^ Walter, Brad (17 August 2015). "Success of San Francisco 49ers 'rugby player' Jarryd Hayne in NFL is good for NRL". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ Campton, Nick (1 September 2015). "USA Tomahawks: A brief history of American rugby league". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ Willacy, Gavin (23 December 2013). "Will new rugby league clubs in the US and Canada pick up college footballers?". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

External links[]

Al Kirkland's statistics from AFL Tables website

[The_Sydney_Morning_Herald_-_17_August_2015_-_Success_of_San_Francisco_49ers_'rugby_player'_Jarryd_Hayne_in_NFL_is_good_for_NRL-1] Walter, Brad (17 August 2015). "Success of San Francisco 49ers 'rugby player' Jarryd Hayne in NFL is good for NRL". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[news.com.au_-_1_September_2015_-_USA_Tomahawks:_A_brief_history_of_American_rugby_league-2] Campton, Nick (1 September 2015). "USA Tomahawks: A brief history of American rugby league". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[The_Guardian_-_23_December_2017_-_Will_new_rugby_league_clubs_in_the_US_and_Canada_pick_up_college_footballers?-3] Willacy, Gavin (23 December 2013). "Will new rugby league clubs in the US and Canada pick up college footballers?". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

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