Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame

      The Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame honours players who have shown exceptional skill at rugby league, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game who are Australian. To date there are only thirty members of the hall of fame with the latest members being inducted in 2007.

      It was officially established in 2002, to honour the many past greats of the game, who have played in the New South Wales/Sydney league competition, Australian rugby league competition, Super League competition and the National Rugby League.

      The first batch of players were inducted to the hall of fame in 2002 including legends of the sport such as Reg Gasnier, Johnny Raper and Wally Lewis. In 2003 another six members were added to the elite club and yet another six were inducted in both 2004, 2005 and 2006. This continued with another six inductees in 2007: three from pre-1940 and three from post World War II.[1]

      Hall of Fame Members

      Inducted Player Name (career span) Position Club(s)
      2002 Clive Churchill (1947 - 1957) Fullback Central Newcastle, South Sydney
      2002 Reg Gasnier (1959 - 1968) Centre St. George Dragons
      2002 Johnny Raper (1957 - 1970) Lock-forward St. George Dragons, Newtown Jets, Western Suburbs (Newcastle), Kurri Kurri
      2002 Graeme Langlands (1963 - 1976) Fullback/Centre St. George Dragons
      2002 Bob Fulton (1966 - 1978) Five-eighth/
      Centre
      Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)
      2002 Wally Lewis (1978 - 1992) Five-eighth Fortitude Valley Diehards, Wynnum-Manly Seagulls, Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Seagulls
      2003 Dally Messenger (1908 - 1912) Centre Eastern Suburbs
      2003 Dave Brown (1930 - 1941) Centre Eastern Suburbs
      2003 Wally Prigg (1929 - 1939) Lock-forward Newcastle Western Suburbs
      2003 Keith Holman (1949 - 1961) Halfback Western Suburbs Magpies
      2003 Arthur Beetson (1966 - 1981) Prop-forward/
      coach
      Balmain Tigers, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta
      2003 Mal Meninga (1979 - 1994) Centre Souths Magpies, Canberra Raiders
      2004 Harry Bath (1940 - 1959) Second Row Balmain Tigers, Warrington, St. George Dragons
      2004 Norm Provan (1951 - 1965) Second Row St. George Dragons
      2004 Ken Irvine (1958 - 1973) Wing North Sydney Bears, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
      2004 Harold Horder (1912 - 1924) Wing South Sydney, North Sydney
      2004 Frank Burge (1911 - 1927) Lock-forward Glebe, St. George
      2004 Vic Hey (1933 - 1949) Five-eighth Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels
      2005 Jimmy Craig (1915 - 1930) Fullback Balmain Tigers, University, Ipswich Western Suburbs.
      2005 Chris McKivat (1910 - 1912) Halfback Glebe
      2005 Duncan Thompson (1912 - 1925) Halfback/Coach North Sydney Bears/Toowoomba
      2005 Brian Bevan (1942 - 1962) Wing Eastern Suburbs, Warrington
      2005 Brian Carlson (1951 - 1962) Utility-back North Sydney
      2005 Ron Coote (1964 -1978) Lock-forward South Sydney Rabbitohs, Eastern Suburbs
      2006 Ken Kearney (1948 - 1961) Hooker St George Dragons
      2006 Sid (Sandy) Pearce (1908 -1921) Second Row Eastern Suburbs
      2006 Charles Fraser (1910 - 1920) Fullback Balmain Tigers
      2006 George Treweek (1926 - 1934) Second Row South Sydney Rabbitohs
      2006 Duncan Hall (1945 - 1957) Prop Western Suburbs (Brisbane), Fortitude Valley
      2006 Peter Sterling (1978 - 1992) Halfback Parramatta Eels
      2007 Arthur Halloway (1908 - 1920) Halfback Glebe, Balmain, Eastern Suburbs
      2007 Tom Gorman (1919 - 1931) Centre Toowoomba Clydesdales, Brothers
      2007 Joe Pearce (1929 - 1940) Fullback / Second row Eastern Suburbs Roosters
      2007 Harry Wells (1951 - 1961) Centre South Sydney Rabbitohs, Western Suburbs Magpies
      2007 Keith Barnes (1955 - 1968) Fullback Balmain Tigers
      2007 Mick Cronin (1977 - 1986) Centre Parramatta Eels
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      References

      1. ^ Carr, Geoff (2007). "Australian Rugby Football League Annual Report 2007" (pdf). Australian Rugby League Limited. p. 3. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
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