Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame

Johnny Raper (pictured in 2008) was among the inaugural inductees. His rugby league career spanned the 1950s, 60s and 70s.

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.

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/ coach	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

See also

• British Rugby League Hall of Fame
• Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players
• Australian rugby league team of the century

External links

• Official website
• Hall of Fame History Page