Rugby player
| Birth name | Alfred Louis Kivell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1897-04-12)12 April 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 September 1987(1987-09-01) (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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Sources vary as to Kivell's place of birth: either Tararu, near Thames; or Karangahake, near Paeroa. 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. He died on 1 September 1987.
References
- ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Alfred Kivell". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Kivell, Alfred Lewis - WW1 56798 - Army". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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