Ray Brown (rugby league)

Ray Brown (born 12 April 1957) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played club football in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership for Western Suburbs in 1979 and then spent seven seasons at the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles between 1980 and 1986.

Ray Brown

Personal information
Full name	Raymond Brown
Born	(1957-04-12) 12 April 1957 (age 67) Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Second-row, Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 197?–7? Griffith 1979 Western Suburbs 23 5 0 0 15 1980–86 Manly-Warringah 92 4 0 0 14 Total 115 9 0 0 29 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1983 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0 1982–83 Australia 5 0 0 0 0 1978–84 NSW Country 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Playing career

Originally from Griffith, New South Wales, he represented Riverina in 1978, and was awarded the Country Rugby League's Player of the Year. His club at the time was Griffith Waratahs.^[3] The following year Brown played one season for Western Suburbs and moved on to Manly-Warringah in 1980.

Brown was also selected to represent New South Wales as hooker for game II of the 1983 State of Origin series and was on the reserve bench for games I and III.^[4]

As an Australian Kangaroo, Brown played in five Tests; four in 1982 (Great Britain twice, France and Papua New Guinea) and one in 1983 against New Zealand. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 541.^[5]

Brown was named at hooker for the Western Suburbs Team of the Seventies.^[6][7]

References

1. Rugby League Project
2. Yesterday's Hero
3. "Player of the Year". Country Rugby League of NSW. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
4. "State of Origin 1983". Rugby League Tables. Archived from the original on 28 August 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
5. ARL Annual Report 2005, page 55
6. "Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the 1970s". WestsMagpies.net. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
7. "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.