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Date of birth
  
1914

Years
  
Club / team

Position
  
Flanker

Date of death
  
1960

1935-1943
  
San Isidro Club

Jorge Cilley

Place of birth
  
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Place of death
  
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died
  
1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jorge Cilley (1914–1960), nicknamed La Chinche was an Argentine rugby union flanker who played for both, Club Atlético San Isidro (CASI) and San Isidro Club (SIC). Cilley also was four times capped for the Argentina national team.

Career

Cilley began his career in Club Atlético San Isidro, where he won the Torneo de la URBA titles of 1933 and 1934. Cilley was one of the founding members of San Isidro Club, team where he won two URBA titles fin 1939 and 1941.

On August 16, 1936, Cilley had his first test match against Great Britain. He participates in the first tour outside the country of the Argentina national team. On September 20, 1936, in Valparaíso, Argentina played against the national team of Chile, with a score 29-0 in favor of Argentina.

References

Jorge Cilley Wikipedia