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Full name | William Francis Ives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 November 1896 Glebe, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 March 1975 Newport Beach, New South Wales | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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[1] As of 11 February 2019 |
Bill Ives (1896–1975) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s.
Ives played for the Glebe in 1920, Eastern Suburbs between 1921-1927 and the St. George Dragons 1928 in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in Australia. His usual position was at prop-forward. He won one premiership with Eastern Suburbs in 1923. He captained the club on many occasions. [2]
He was the younger brother of Australian test player Clarrie Ives. [3]
He also played first-class cricket for New South Wales as a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, appearing in seven matches between 1919–20 and 1921–22. [4]