Ken Irvine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rugby league player
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Place of Birth: New South Wales, Australia
About Ken Irvine
- Kenneth John Irvine (5 March 1940 – 22 December 1990) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
- He holds the standing Australian record for the most number of tries in a first-grade career – 212.
- No other player has yet managed 200 tries in their Australian club career, with the closest to Irvine's tally being Melbourne Storm player Billy Slater, who scored 190.
- He is also the 2nd all-time top try-scorer for the Australian national team with 33, two behind Darren Lockyer's 35.
- Irvine's great speed is legendary and he is regarded as Australia's greatest ever winger, being named in 2008 in the list of Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players, as well as being an automatic selection for the Australian Rugby League's "Team of the Century".Irvine played his club football for the North Sydney and Manly-Warringah clubs in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, winning the premiership with Manly in 1972 and 1973.
- His great speed saw him play primarily on the Wing.
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