| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 8 December 1961 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| York Wasps | ||||||
| Featherstone Rovers | ||||||
| 1989–97 | Castleford | 840 | 123 | 172 | 8 | 154 |
| Total | 840 | 123 | 172 | 8 | 154 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–91 | Yorkshire | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 1990–94 | Great Britain | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 2001–04 | Castleford Tigers | 89 | 36 | 3 | 50 | 40 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Graham Steadman (born 8 December 1961) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, and coach of the 2000s, who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for York Wasps, Featherstone Rovers, and Castleford, playing at Fullback, or Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 1, or 6, and at club level has coached for Castleford Tigers.
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Graham Steadman won caps for Great Britain while at Castleford in 1990 against France, in 1992 against France, in 1992 in the 1989 - 1992 Rugby League World Cup against France, in 1992 against Australia (2 matches), in 1992 in the 1989 - 1992 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, in 1992 against New Zealand (2 matches), and in 1994 against France, and Australia.[1]
Graham Steadman is a Tigers Hall Of Fame Inductee.[2]
Castleford paid a then World Transfer Record of £170,000[3] for Graham Steadman when he moved from Featherstone Rovers in 1989 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £396,000 in 2009).[4]
Graham was made full time coach of Castleford Tigers towards the end of 2001 after Stuart Raper left for Wigan. Steadman took the club to the top 6 playoffs in 2002 and then the club finished 8th in 2003. 2004 saw his worst year as coach when the club failed to win any games under Steadman. A lot of people blamed the board for not backing him with money to spend. Poor recruits such as Sean Rudder, Sean Ryan, Paul Newlove and Ryan Sheridan ended Steadman's reign as Cas boss and he was sacked after losing to Wakefield in a home league game.