Keith Siddells
Full name | Stanley Keith Siddells | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1897-07-16)16 July 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 March 1979(1979-03-03) (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Pahiatua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Whanganui Collegiate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Victoria University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanley Keith Siddells (16 July 1897 — 3 March 1979) was a New Zealand international rugby union player.
Biography
Born in Wellington, Siddells was educated at Whanganui Collegiate and made his provincial debut for Whanganui as a 17 year old. He served with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I.[1]
Siddells, primarily a fullback, got picked as a wing three-quarter for his solitary All Blacks appearance, tasked with containing Springboks wing Attie van Heerden in a Test match at Athletic Park, Wellington in 1921. The match finished in a 0–0 draw, with Siddells prevented from opening the scoring when the ball got stuck in a puddle of water and he was unable to dribble it forward.[2][3] He earned another call up the following year, but couldn't make the trip to Australia.[1]
A graduate of Victoria University, Siddells was a lawyer by profession and served as mayor of the town of Pahiatua, near Palmerston North. He was a commandant of an internment camp during World War II.[1]
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References
External links
- Keith Siddells at ESPNscrum