Alan Brady

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Alan Brady
Personal information
Born Australia
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1929–1935 Wests Magpies 95 71 0 0 223
1936–1940 Canterbury Bulldogs 39 15 0 0 45
Total 134 86 0 0 268
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1930–1935 New South Wales 6 3 0 0 9
Source: RLP Yesterday's Hero

Alan Brady (born in Australia) was a rugby league player for the Western Suburbs and Canterbury clubs, as well as the New South Wales rugby league team.

Club career

In his first professional season, 1929, Brady was the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's top try-scorer with 11 tries.

A year later, Brady was the star of the first grand final ever played, scoring 3 tries in the match [1] that gave the Magpies their first premiership success.[2] Four years later, he was a member of the club's second grand final win when they defeated the Roosters 15-12. He scored 71 tries in his time with the Magpies, at the time a club record, later eclipsed by Peter Dimond.[3]

Joining the recently-formed Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in 1936, Brady captain-coached Canterbury to victory in the 1938 grand final, giving him the rare achievement of playing in the first premiership victory for two different clubs. He was coach of the Canterbury side that lost the 1940 grand final.[3]

Representative

Brady played 6 games for New South Wales, scoring 3 tries.

References

  1. ^ Collis, Ian and Whiticker, Alan (2007). 100 Years of Rugby League. Chatswood, New South Wales: New Holland Publishers. pp. 116. ISBN 9781741104639. 
  2. ^ "Player Profile Alan Brady". Yesterday's Hero. http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Alan-Brady_1205.aspx. Retrieved 30 January 2010. 
  3. ^ a b Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2005). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players - Wests Tigers. Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 1920910611.