Billy Ivison

{{Short description|Rugby league player (1920–2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|name = Billy Ivison

|fullname = William Ivison

|image =

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|caption =

|birth_date = 5 June 1920{{cite web|last=Hadfield|first=Dave|title=Obituary: Bill Ivison|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5046993.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140122211648/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5046993.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2014|work=The Independent|accessdate=22 January 2014|location=London|date=16 March 2000|url-access=subscription }}

|birth_place = Hensingham, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2000|3|12|1920|6|5}}

|death_place = Hensingham, England

|weight = {{convert|13|st|7|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

|position = {{rlp|LF}}

|club1 = Workington Town

|year1start = 1945

|year1end = 59

|appearances1 = 385

|tries1 = 63

|goals1 = 8

|fieldgoals1 = 0

|points1 = 205

|teamA = Cumberland

|yearAstart = 1947

|yearAend = 57

|appearancesA = 13

|triesA = 3

|goalsA = 0

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 9

|teamC = England

|yearCstart = 1949

|yearCend = 52

|appearancesC = 4

|triesC = 0

|goalsC = 0

|fieldgoalsC = 0

|pointsC = 0

|teamD = Great Britain

|yearDstart = 1952

|yearDend =

|appearancesD = 1

|triesD = 0

|goalsD = 0

|fieldgoalsD = 0

|pointsD = 0

|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 20 October 2020

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/billy-ivison/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Ivison&submit=Go&c=England|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012443/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Ivison&submit=Go&c=England|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 March 2018|title=England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

| module = {{infobox football biography

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| clubs1 = Gillingham

| years1 = 1945

| caps1 = 1

}}

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William Ivison (5 June 1920{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=1RruMXkZP0vmyV299L2NVw&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014}} – 12 March 2000) was an English professional association football and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level association football (soccer), for Gillingham F.C.,{{cite book| last = Brown| first = Tony| title = The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record| publisher = Soccerdata| year = 2003| isbn = 1-899468-20-X| page =55}} and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Cumberland and at club level for Workington Town, as a {{rlp|lf}}.