Johnny Brown (rugby league)
Johnny Brown (born 13 May 1943)[2] is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative halfback, he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Norths, with whom he won the 1968 Rothmans Medal and the 1969 premiership.
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| Born | 13 May 1943 Mount Morgan, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Having previously played in Mount Morgan and Ipswich, Brown was selected to represent Queensland and moved to the BRL, playing with Norths. In 1967 he was named the club's player of the year[3] and appeared in the grand final loss to Brothers. in 1969 he was again named the Norths club's player of the year, won the Rothmans medal, for best and fairest player in the premiership[4] and also captained the grand-final winning Norths team.[5] He was selected for Australia in the 1970 World Cup.[6]
He also represented Queensland at cricket, appearing in six first-class matches during the 1960s.[7]
References
- Rugby League Project
- Queensland Rugby League. "Queensland Representatives". qrl.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- "Norths Devils History". northsdevils.com. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- World of Rugby League. "ROTHMANS MEDAL / SUNSTATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- Pramberg, Bernie (2 August 2008). "Barry Spring didn't do a Sonny Bill on Mayne". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- Fagan, Sean. "Rugby League World Cup History". rl1908.com. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- "John Brown". Cricinfo.