Tom Briggs (rugby league)

Tom Briggs (29 July 1919 – 4 March 1991) was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1940s.

Tom Briggs
Personal information
Full nameThomas Henry Briggs
Born(1919-07-29)29 July 1919
Young, New South Wales
Died4 March 1991(1991-03-04) (aged 71)
Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1946–47 Western Suburbs 10 5 0 0 15
1948–49 St. George 17 16 0 0 48
Total 27 21 0 0 63
Source: Whiticker/Hudson

Tom Briggs was a very fine rugby league player from Young, New South Wales. He starred in Rugby League Army teams during World War Two including a match representing NSW against Queensland servicemen held on Bougainville[1] in which he was man of the match. After he returned from the war,[2] Briggs joined the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1946. Tom married in 1946 and moved to the St.George area at the end of the 1947 season.[3]

Tom Briggs had two brilliant seasons at the St. George Dragons in 1948 & 1949, scoring 16 tries from 17 games. Injuries towards the end of the 1949 season curtailed his career.

Tom Briggs died in Sydney on 4 Mar 1991, aged 71.

References
  1. Queensland Win League Game https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/156732956?searchTerm=%22tom%20briggs%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194
  2. World War Two Australian Nominal Roll (T.H.Briggs)https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=302936&c=WW2
  3. Whittacker/Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ISBN 1875169571
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