Alvin Kirkland

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 toured Australia in 1953. 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]

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