Alfred Kivell
| Full name | Alfred Louis KIvell | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Loose forward | ||
| New Zealand No. | 375 | ||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1920–30 | Taranaki | 64 | |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1929 | New Zealand | 2 | (0) |
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
- 1 2 Knight, Lindsay. "Alfred Kivell". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Kivell, Alfred Lewis - WW1 56798 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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