Allan Livermore

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Allan Livermore
Full nameAllan Edward Livermore
Date of birth(1919-02-12)12 February 1919
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Date of death23 December 1956(1956-12-23) (aged 37)
Place of death Ashgrove, Brisbane, Australia
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1946 Australia 2 (2)

Allan Edward Livermore (12 February 1919 — 23 December 1956) was an Australian rugby union international.

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Livermore was born in Brisbane and attended New Farm State School. [1]

A flanker, Livermore was a prolific goal-kicker and while playing for YMCA in 1946 set a Brisbane competition record season tally with 193 points. He made the Wallabies squad for that year's tour of New Zealand, where he was capped in Tests against the All Blacks in Dunedin and New Zealand Maori in Hamilton. [1]

Livermore died aged 37 in 1956. His body was found under a bridge in Ashgrove after he had been reported missing several days earlier. [2] He had a son Ross who became a prominent Queensland rugby league administrator. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Allan Edward Livermore". classicwallabies.com.au.
  2. "Football star found dead". The Argus . 26 December 1956. p. 9 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Badel, Peter (16 April 2013). "Former Queensland Rugby League boss Ross Livermore dies". News.com.au .