Ivor Stirling Explained

Ivor Stirling
Fullname:Ivor Gerald Stirling
Birth Date:19 February 1916
Birth Place:New Zealand
Club1:North Shore Albions
Year1start:1937
Year1end:39
Tries1:6
Goals1:0
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:18
Teama:Auckland Pakehā
Yearastart:1939
Appearancesa:1
Triesa:0
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:0
Teamb:New Zealand
Yearbstart:1939
New:yes

Ivor Gerald Stirling (19 February 1916 – 21 September 1979) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Stirling represented Auckland and was named in the New Zealand national rugby league team.

Stirling was part of the 1939 New Zealand tour that was cancelled due to World War II.[1]

During the War, Stirling joined the New Zealand Army and played rugby union during the 1940 season.[2]

After World War Two, Stirling represented the North Shore Albions in the Auckland Rugby League competition.[3]

Personal life

Stirling's son, Ken, also represented New Zealand in rugby league while his daughter, Glenda, represented New Zealand in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NZRL – Past Kiwis. https://web.archive.org/web/20160127053836/http://www.nzrl.co.nz/about-us/history/past-kiwis/. dead. 2016-01-27. www.nzrl.co.nz.
  2. Book: Palenski, Ron. Rugby: A New Zealand History. 17 August 2015. Auckland University Press. 9781775588122. Google Books.
  3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. .
  4. Web site: Rugby League: Leuluai follows in his dad's famous footsteps. Peter. Jessup. 12 October 2003. New Zealand Herald.