From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bob Grant (rugby league)
Bob Grant (rugby league)
Bob Grant Grant was voted Rugby League Week Player of the
Personal information Year for his performances during the 1971 premiership
season. In 2004 he was named by Souths in their South
Full name Robert Grant
Sydney Dream Team,[1] consisting of 17 players and a coach
Born 1946 representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.
Playing information
Position Halfback
Representative career
Club
Grant made two Test appearances for the Australian na-
tional representative side in 1970 and 1971 and repre-
Years Team Pld T G FG P sented in one game for New South Wales. From 1964 to
1965 Balmain Tigers 5 0 0 0 0 1969 St. George’s Billy Smith held a virtual monopoly on
the Australian representative half-back spot, then from
1966–75 South Sydney 136 20 0 4 68 1970 Tommy Raudonikis began to emerge. Undoubtedly
Total 141 20 0 4 68 Bob Grant’s representative opportunities suffered due to
these fine players being his peers.
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Sources
1971 New South Wales 1 1 0 0 3
• Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League,
1970–72 Australia 2 0 0 0 0 Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The
Source: Yesterday’s Hero
Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen
Publishing, Sydney
Bob Grant (born 1945) is an Australian former rugby
league footballer of the 1960s and 70s. A New South Wales
interstate and Australian international representative Footnotes
halfback, he played most of his club football for the South
[1] South Sydney Dream Team from the official South
Sydney Rabbitohs, with whom he won three premier-
Sydney website.
ships.
Persondata
Club career Name Grant, Bob
Alternative names
He featured in the talented South Sydney sides of the late
Short description
1960s and early 1970s. He played in the premiership vic-
tories of 1968, 1970 and 1971. Grant starred with two tries Date of birth 1945
in Souths’ convincing 23–12 victory over Manly in the Place of birth
1970 Grand Final.
Date of death
In all he played 135 club games for South Sydney be-
tween 1966 and 1975. Place of death
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Categories:
• 1945 births
• Australian rugby league players
• Balmain Tigers players
• South Sydney Rabbitohs players
• Australia national rugby league team players
• Clive Churchill Medal winners
• Living people
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