Ray Love
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Full name | Raymond Thomas Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1934 (age 89–90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Thomas Love (born 1934) is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union player.
Love is the son of New South Wales representative rugby league winger Jimmy Love, who played for Balmain.[1]
Raised in Sydney, Love attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, and gained Combined G.P.S. selection as a rugby union player. He competed in rugby union for Drummoyne after school and in 1954 earned state representative honours at halfback against Queensland.[2] In 1955, Love won the Fairfax Cup as Sydney rugby union's best and fairest.[3]
Love switched to rugby league in 1958 and had seven seasons as a first-grade halfback with North Sydney.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Kann, E. W. (29 July 1954). "Son star in Union". The Sun. p. 49 – via Trove.
- ^ Hawkins, Max (28 July 1954). "New Union back has famous dad". Brisbane Telegraph. p. 34 – via Trove.
- ^ "Love Wins By A Point". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 2728. 21 August 1955. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Clarkson, Alan (3 March 1958). "R.U. Half Ray Love To Play In League". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. 127, no. 37, 504. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Ray Love at Rugby League Project
Categories:
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- Australian rugby union players
- North Sydney Bears players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Rugby union halfbacks
- Drummoyne RFC players
- New South Wales rugby union team players
- Footballers who switched code
- People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview