Chris McKivat

Chris McKivat

McKivat in 1908
Birth name	Christopher Hobart McKivat[1]
Date of birth	(1880-11-27)27 November 1880[2]
Place of birth	Cumnock, New South Wales[1]
Date of death	4 May 1941(1941-05-04) (aged 60)[1]
Place of death	Camperdown, New South Wales
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) fly-half[1] Five-eighth & halfback Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1895–1900 Bowen Brothers () 1900–05 Wellington () 1905 Glebe Rugby Union () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1903–04 Central Western () 1905–1909 New South Wales 16 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1907–09[1] Wallabies 4 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910–14 Glebe Dirty Reds 54 15 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1910–12 New South Wales 13 15 1910–12 Australia 5 12
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1915–20 Glebe Dirty Reds 1920–22 North Sydney 1928 Western Suburbs
Medal record Men's rugby union Representing Australasia Olympic Games 1908 London Team competition

Christopher Hobart McKivat (alternatively spelled McKivatt, pronounced /məkaɪvət/; 27 November 1880 − 4 May 1941) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player – a dual-code rugby international.^[3] He represented the Wallabies in over 20 Tests and tour matches from 1907 to 1909 and the Kangaroos in 5 Tests from 1910 to 1912. He is unique in Australian rugby history as the only man to captain both the national rugby union and rugby league teams. Following his playing career he became the most successful coach of North Sydney in the club's history.^[4]