Ray Brown (rugby league)

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Ray Brown
Personal information
Full name Ray Brown
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
1979
1980–1986
Western Suburbs Magpies
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
23 (15)
60 (14)
Representative teams
1983
1982–1983
New South Wales
Australia
3 (0)
5 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Ray Brown is a former professional rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. He primarily played at hooker.

Brown was 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.[1]

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.

In 1978, Brown was awarded the Country Rugby League's Player of the Year. His club at the time was Griffiths Waratahs.[2] The following year Brown played one season for Western Suburbs and moved on to Manly-Warringah in 1980.

Brown was named at hooker for the Western Suburbs Team of the Seventies.[3]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ State of Origin 1983. Rugby League Tables. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  2. ^ Player of the Year. Country Rugby League of NSW. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  3. ^ Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the 1970's. WestsMagpies.net. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.

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