Bill Hirschberg Explained

Bill Hirschberg
Birth Name:William Adolphus Hirschberg[1]
Birth Date:1 December 1881[2]
Birth Place:Armidale, New South Wales
Ru Position:Flanker
Repyears1:1905
Repteam1:Australia
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:0

William Adolphus Hirschberg (1 December 1881 – 30 July 1963) was an Australian international rugby union player.

Hirschberg, a flanker, was born in Armidale, New South Wales and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, playing against New Zealand, in Dunedin, on 2 September 1905.[3] He had already played for New South Wales against New Zealand.[4] [5]

Hirschberg participated in the first inter-state game played in Western Australia, held in 1907, where he played as a forward for the winning team, New South Wales.[6] He played another inter-state game against Queensland in 1910.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scrum.com player profile of Bill Hirschberg. Scrum.com. 12 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Register of Births Deaths and Marriages. NSW Government. 2011-06-17. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928134342/http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&sname=Hirschberg&gname=William&fname=&mname=&event=births&frange=1850&trange=1900&place=. 28 September 2011.
  3. News: RUGBY. . . 4 September 1905 . 17 June 2011 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: FOOTBALL. . . Rockhampton, Qld. . 8 July 1905 . 17 June 2011 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: N.S.W. V. NEW ZEALAND. . . Brisbane . 22 July 1905 . 17 June 2011 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: NEW SOUTH WALES V. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. . . Perth . 3 August 1907 . 17 June 2011 . 37 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: QUEENSLAND V NEW SOUTH WALES. . . 11 July 1910 . 17 June 2011 . 10 . National Library of Australia.