Brian Graham (rugby league)

Brian Graham

Personal information
Born	Australia
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1955–64 St. George 114 20 287 0 634 1965–67 Newtown 35 0 31 0 62 Total 149 20 318 0 696 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1959 City NSW 1 0 0 0 0 1959 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 0

Brian Graham is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. A New South Wales representative goal-kicking fullback, he played club football in the NSWRFL Premiership for Sydney's St. George (with whom he won 5 consecutive grand finals) and Newtown.

St. George

Graham started playing first grade for the St. George club in the 1955 NSWRFL season. The following season the club won the first of what would become a record eleven consecutive premierships, but Graham did not play first grade. However, at the end of the 1957 NSWRFL season St. George had again reached the grand final and Graham played at fullback in their 31-9 victory over Manly-Warringah. He also played for Saints and fullback in the 1958 NSWRFL season's grand final victory over Western Suburbs.

In 1959 Graham gained his first representative honours when he was selected to play at fullback for the City New South Wales rugby league team in their 37-7 victory against Country. He was then chosen as fullback for New South Wales in two matches against Queensland. At the end of the 1959 NSWRFL season Graham again played for St. George at fullback, scoring a try in their 20-0 victory over Manly. He was the 1960 NSWRFL season's top points scorer, and he landed five goals in Saints' 31-6 win against Eastern Suburbs in the premiership decider. In the 1961 ANZAC Day game against Eastern Suburbs Graham sealed his side's win with a 79th-minute penalty in front of 19,386 spectators at the SCG. In the 1961 NSWRFL season decider St. George faced Western Suburbs and defeated them 22-0, with Graham kicking five goals.