Alvin Kirkland Explained

Alvin Kirkland
Year1start:1956
Appearances1:18
Tries1:4
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:12
Year2start:1957
Year2end:58
Goals2:0
Fieldgoals2:0
Yearastart:1953
Appearancesa:14
Triesa:11
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:33

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 went on the 1953 American All Stars tour of Australia and New Zealand. 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]

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  1. News: Success of San Francisco 49ers 'rugby player' Jarryd Hayne in NFL is good for NRL. Walter. Brad. 17 August 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 26 December 2017.
  2. News: USA Tomahawks: A brief history of American rugby league. Campton. Nick. 1 September 2015. news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 26 December 2017.
  3. News: Will new rugby league clubs in the US and Canada pick up college footballers?. Willacy. Gavin. 23 December 2013. The Guardian. 30 April 2022.