Tom Chilvers
Australian rugby league footballer
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Full name | Thomas William Chilvers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1919-02-03)3 February 1919 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 June 1990(1990-06-16) (aged 71) Padstow, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas William Chilvers (3 February 1919 – 16 June 1990) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Like many players of his era, Chilvers' rugby league career was interrupted by his Army service in World War II.[2]
In the early 1940s he was playing Reserve Grade with Eastern Suburbs. By 1945, he was stationed in Papua New Guinea with the AIF and survived the conflict.[3]
After returning to Sydney in 1946, he joined the St. George Dragons and played two seasons with them, predominantly in Reserve Grade.[4]
Chilvers died on 16 June 1990 in Padstow, New South Wales aged 71.[5]
References
- ^ "Tom Chilvers - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ WW2 Nominal Roll- Thomas Chilvers http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=313662
- ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald (Death Notice) 18/6/1990
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