Chris McKivat

Chris McKivat
McKivat in 1908
BornChristopher Hobart McKivat
(1880-11-27)27 November 1880
Died4 May 1941(1941-05-04) (aged 60)
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) fly-half 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 Wallabies 4 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
PositionHalfback
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 /məkvət/; 27 November 1880 − 4 May 1941) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player – a dual-code rugby international. 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.