David Grant (rugby league)

David "Nana" Grant (1956–1994) was an Australian rugby league footballer originally from Dubbo, New South Wales. He played as a prop/back-rower in the 1970s and 1980s for a number of teams in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) competition.

David Grant
Personal information
Born(1956-01-11)11 January 1956
Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Died20 August 1994(1994-08-20) (aged 38)
Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1976 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 1 0 0 3
1977 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
1978–81 Balmain Tigers 50 8 0 0 24
1982–85 Canberra Raiders 77 9 0 0 32
Total 129 18 0 0 59
As of 4 March 2018

Grant originally came to Sydney from Forbes and made his debut for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1976. The following year he moved to play for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters for one season, becoming the club's 678th capped player, before moving to spend four years with the Balmain Tigers. Grant toured NZ with a Combined Sydney side that year, then moved to the newly promoted Canberra club in 1982. He was the Raiders's first captain in its inaugural season in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. Grant knocked out a member of the crowd (Peter Armstrong) in Ballina in 1992 when he was playing for Kyogle; Armstrong had abused him from Yobbos Hill at Kingsford Smith Park.

Grant died of a heart attack in Kyogle in 1994.

References

  • Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
Sporting positions
New creation Canberra Raiders captain
1982		 Succeeded by
Allan McMahon
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