Alfred Kivell Explained

Alfred Kivell
Birth Name:Alfred Louis Kivell
Birth Date:12 April 1897
Death Place:Stratford, New Zealand
Ru Position:Loose forward
Height:1.750NaN0
Weight:83kg (183lb)
Repyears1:1929
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0
Ru Provinceyears1:1920–30
Ru Provinceapps1:64
School:Stratford High School

Alfred Louis Kivell (12 April 1897 – 1 September 1987) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Kivell represented 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alfred Kivell . Knight . Lindsay . New Zealand Rugby Union . 14 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Kivell, Alfred Lewis - WW1 56798 - Army . Archives New Zealand . 14 February 2016.