Graham Wilson (rugby league)

Graham Wilson

Personal information
Full name	Graham Alan Wilson
Born	1949
Died	20 December 2005 (aged 66) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Forward
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1960–67	Newtown	128	11	15	0	63
1968–70	Cronulla-Sutherland	37	2	0	0	6
	Total	165	13	15	0	69
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1961–66	New South Wales	4	2	0	0	6
1963	South Africa
1963–64	Australia	2	1	0	0	3

Graham Wilson (1949-2005) ^[1]) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s. He played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership for Newtown club and later Cronulla-Sutherland, also achieving state and international representative honours. He is also the father of fellow Sharks and Blues player Alan Wilson.

Originally from Grafton, New South Wales, Wilson made his first grade debut for Newtown in the Sydney premiership as a 16-year-old in 1960.^[2] He was first selected to represent New South Wales the following season.

In 1963, the South African team was touring Australia and Wilson represented Sydney against them. Before leaving for New Zealand, the South African team invited Wilson and Canterbury-Bankstown's hooker, Fred Anderson to bolster their injury-ravaged forward pack. Later that year Wilson toured Britain and France with the 1963-64 Kangaroos, gaining the unusual distinction of playing for two countries in the same year.^[3] On tour he played for The Ashes, helping Australia to victory in the series.

Wilson died in December, 2005 in Sydney, aged 66.

In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, Wilson was named in the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century.

References

1. "Former Kangaroos prop Wilson dies". AAP Sports News (Australia). Retrieved 2008-09-25.
2. "Graham Wilson". Yesterday's Hero. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
3. "Memories of tour rekindled". The Press. Retrieved 2008-09-25.

External links

• Graham Wilson at rugbyleagueproject.com.au
• Graham Wilson at nrlstats.com.au