Jim Craig (rugby league)

Jim Craig (1895–1959) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He was a versatile back for the Australian national team. He played in seven tests between 1921 and 1928 as captain on three occasions and has since been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. Craig was a player of unparalleled versatility. It is known that he represented in Tests at fullback, centre, halfback and hooker with some of his club and tour football played at winger, five-eighth and lock forward. Whiticker's reference reports that the great Dally Messenger regarded Craig as the greatest player Messenger ever saw.

Jimmy Craig
Craig as captain of a 1924 Queensland side
Personal information
Full nameJames Hampden Craig
Born(1895-06-29)29 June 1895
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died13 December 1959(1959-12-13) (aged 64)
Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionUtility back
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915–21 Balmain 56 22 21 0 108
1922 Sydney University 12 3 7 0 23
1923–28 Ipswich
1929–30 Western Suburbs 25 5 70 0 155
Total 93 30 98 0 286
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1920–29 New South Wales 2 0 3 0 6
1923–28 Queensland 18 6 29 0 76
1921–28 Australia 7 0 6 0 12
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1929–30 Western Suburbs 65 39 4 22 60
1932 Western Suburbs
1936 North Sydney 13 7 1 5 54
1938 Canterbury 16 13 2 1 81
1939 Western Suburbs
Total 94 59 7 28 63
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