Bill Hirschberg

Australia international rugby union player

Rugby player

Bill Hirschberg

Birth name| William Adolphus Hirschberg[1]

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Date of birth| (1881-12-01)1 December 1881[1][2]
Place of birth| Armidale, New South Wales[1]
Date of death| 30 July 1963(1963-07-30) (aged 81)
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Flanker[1]

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International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
1905[1]|  Australia|  1[1]|  (0[1])

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]

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Scrum.com player profile of Bill Hirschberg". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. ^ "Register of Births Deaths and Marriages". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
3. ^ "RUGBY". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 September 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 8 July 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 17 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "N.S.W. V. NEW ZEALAND". The Queenslander. Brisbane. 22 July 1905. p. 14. Retrieved 17 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ "NEW SOUTH WALES V. WESTERN AUSTRALIA". Western Mail. Perth. 3 August 1907. p. 37. Retrieved 17 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
7. ^ "QUEENSLAND V NEW SOUTH WALES". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 July 1910. p. 10. Retrieved 17 June 2011 – via National Library of Australia.

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