Peter Diversi

Peter Diversi
Personal information
Full name Peter Diversi
Born (1932-04-05)5 April 1932
Died 22 January 2018(2018-01-22) (aged 85)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Lock, Second-row

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–55 North Sydney 63 9 33 0 93
1958–62 Manly-Warringah 67 8 4 0 32
Total 130 17 37 0 125
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1952–56 New South Wales 10 0 2 0 4
1954–55 Australia 5 2 0 0 6
Source: [1]Whiticker/Hudson

Peter Diversi (5 April 1932[2] – 22 January 2018)[3] was an Australian rugby league player who played for the North Sydney Bears and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles,[4] New South Wales and for the Australian national side.

Career

A lock forward, he played two Tests for Australia in 1954-55 and fourteen matches for New South Wales in 1952-56. A feared defender and tireless worker Diversi played 63 games for the Bears before moving to play for Gundagai and later Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles between 1958 and 1962.

Peter Diversi retired from Sydney football and finished his career at Kurri Kurri, in the Newcastle competition.

Diversi married the sister of fellow North Sydney Bears player Kevin Price. Kevin's son Ray Price followed in his uncle's footsteps, becoming one of the great locks in the history of the game during the 1970s and 1980s.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/peter-diversi/summary.html
  2. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/peter-diversi/summary.html
  3. ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/01/22/vale-peter-diversi/
  4. ↑ http://www.stats.rleague.com/rl/scorers/players/Peter_Diversi.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D


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