Brian Bevan

Brian Bevan

Personal information
Full name	Brian Earl Bevan
Nickname	Wing Wizard
Born	(1924-01-24)24 January 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 June 1991(1991-06-03) (aged 67) Southport, Merseyside, England
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1942–46 Eastern Suburbs 8 0 1 0 2 1946–62 Warrington 620 740 34 0 2288 1962–64 Blackpool Borough 42 17 0 0 51 Total 670 757 35 0 2341 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1949–55 Other National's 16 26 0 0 78 1952 British Empire XIII 1 1 0 0 3 1954 Rugby League XIII 1 2 0 0 6
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Brian Earl Bevan (1924–1991) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s who became the only player ever to have been inducted into both the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and British Rugby League Hall of Fame. An Other Nationalities representative winger, Bevan scored a world record 796 tries, mainly for Warrington RLFC. In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, he was named on the wing of Australia's Team of the Century (1908-2007). Bevan was the only player chosen in the team who had never represented Australia in a test match.

The son of former Eastern Suburbs' player Rick Bevan, Brian Bevan began his career playing for Easts in 1942. He made 7 appearances for the club, although when World War II had begun in 1939 he had decided to join the Royal Australian Navy, which restricted his appearances for the club. Ironically, Bevan, who would go on to break try scoring records in English club football, never scored a try for Easts.

Brian was the brother of Owen 'Ozzy' Bevan who played for Sydney club the St George Dragons as well as Warrington, and is the great uncle of Paul Bevan who plays Australian rules football for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.