Claude Rivaz

Claude Farnworth Rivaz (26 November 1872 – 24 March 1958) was an English artist and footballer who played as a defender for Royal Antwerp and White Rovers.

Early life and education Claude Rivaz was born in Chorley, Cheshire, on 26 November 1872, as the elder son of John Vincent Claude Rivaz (1831–1893) and Catherine Farnworth (1846–1934). Some sources wrongly state that he was born on 11 November 1872,

The White Rovers Together with William Sleator, Walter Hewson, Robert MacQueen, and the Wood brothers (Jack and Sid), Rivaz was a member of the group of upper-middle-class Anglo-British that served as the core of the White Rovers FC.

Later life and death Rivaz worked as an artist after his sports career. At the time of the 1901 United Kingdom census, Rivaz was in Vancouver, Canada, but eventually returned to live in London's Mayfair.

On 13 August 1913, Rivaz married Hilda Lilia Spencer (1878–1943), the only daughter of Frederick Mountford Spencer, and the couple had at least two sons, including John born in 1919. He died just outside Basingstoke on 24 March 1958, at the age of 85. He was buried four days later at the Henley Road Cemetery in Caversham.