Peter Diversi
Personal information
Full namePeter Diversi
Born(1932-04-05)5 April 1932
Died22 January 2018(2018-01-22) (aged 85)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionLock, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–55 North Sydney 63 9 33 0 93
1958–62 Manly-Warringah 67 8 4 0 32
Total 130 17 37 0 125
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–56 New South Wales 10 0 2 0 4
1954–55 Australia 5 2 0 0 6
1952–53 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
1956 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] Whiticker/Hudson

Peter Diversi (5 April 1932[1] – 22 January 2018)[2] was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played for North Sydney and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles,[3] New South Wales and for the Australian national side.

Career

A lock forward, he played two Tests for Australia in 1954-55 and fourteen matches for New South Wales in 1952-56. A feared defender and tireless worker Diversi played 63 games for the Bears before moving to play for Gundagai and later Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles between 1958 and 1962.

Diversi retired from Sydney football and finished his career at Kurri Kurri, in the Newcastle competition.[4]

Diversi married the sister of fellow North Sydney player Kevin Price. Kevin's son Ray Price followed in his uncle's footsteps, becoming one of the great locks in the history of the game during the 1970s and 1980s.

References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Diversi – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
  2. ↑ "Vale, Peter Diversi". National Rugby League. 22 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". stats.rleague.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Whiticker/Hudson "The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players (1995 Edition) (ISBN 1875169571)


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