Clarrie Ives
{{Short description|Australia international rugby league footballer (1890-1956)}}
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|fullname = Jonathon Clarence Ives
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|birth_date = 26 April 1890
|birth_place = Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1956|2|25|1890|4|26}}
|death_place = Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia
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|club1 = North Sydney
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|points1 = 54
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|teamC = Metropolis
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J.C. 'Clarrie' Ives (1890 – 25 February 1956) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the North Sydney club in the NSWRFL.
Playing career
A tough prop-forward, Ives started his first grade career with North Sydney as a 30-year-old in 1920 and was a member of the club's golden era of the early 1920s.
Ives won two premierships with North Sydney in 1921 & 1922, and was club captain in his final season in 1924. Ives played at second-row in North Sydney's 1922 NSWRL grand final victory over Glebe at the Sydney Cricket Ground in which Norths won 35–3.
He also played for New South Wales on ten occasions and Australia. He played in one test match for Australia in the second test against Great Britain during the 1924 Ashes series. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 119.ARL Annual Report 2005
His position of choice was at prop-forward and his younger brother Bill Ives was also a professional rugby league footballer. He was selected to go on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and played in 6 tour games but no tests.Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Alan Whitaker & Glen Hudson. 1995 ({{ISBN|1875169571}}) He retired in 1925, aged 35.{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Rugby League Project}}{{cite web|url=https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/happy110/|title=Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney|website=North Sydney Bears|date=6 February 2018|accessdate=2019-06-21}}
Death
Ives died at Artarmon, New South Wales on 25 February 1956, aged 66.The Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice – 28 February 1956
References
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{{North Sydney squad - NSWRFL season 1922 premiers}}
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Category:Australasia rugby league team players
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Category:Australian rugby union players
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Category:New South Wales rugby union team players
Category:North Sydney Bears players
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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