Bill Ives (rugby league)

Bill Ives

Personal information
Full name	William Francis Ives
Nickname	Bill
Born	14 November 1896 Glebe, New South Wales
Died	23 March 1975 Newport Beach, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1920	Glebe	12	3	0	0	9
1921–27	Eastern Suburbs	87	12	8	0	52
1928	St George Dragons	2	0	0	0	0
	Total	101	15	8	0	61
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1924–25	New South Wales	4	1	0	0	3

Bill Ives (1896-1975) was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1920s.

Career

Ives played for the Glebe in 1920, Eastern Suburbs between 1921-1927 and the St. George Dragons 1928 in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in Australia. His usual position was at prop-forward. He won two premierships with the Roosters in 1923 and 1924 and captained the club on many occasions.

He was the younger brother of Australian test player Clarrie Ives.

He also played first-class cricket for New South Wales as a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, appearing in seven matches between 1919–20 and 1921–22.