Peter Diversi

Peter Diversi (5 April 1932[2] – 22 January 2018)[3] was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He playedfor North Sydney and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles,[4] New South Wales and for the Australian national side.

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 1952–53 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0 1956 NSW Country 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] Whiticker/Hudson

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.

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

Diversi married the sister of fellow North Sydney 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%5B%5D