Tom Briggs was a very fine rugby league player from Young, New South Wales. He starred in Rugby League Army teams during World War Two including a match representing NSW against Queensland servicemen held on Bougainville[1] in which he was man of the match. After he returned from the war,[2] Briggs joined the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1946. Tom married in 1946 and moved to the St.George area at the end of the 1947 season.[3]
Tom Briggs had two brilliant seasons at the St. George Dragons in 1948 & 1949, scoring 16 tries from 17 games. Injuries towards the end of the 1949 season curtailed his career.
briggs, rugby, league, briggs, july, 1919, march, 1991, australian, rugby, league, footballer, from, 1940s, briggspersonal, informationfull, namethomas, henry, briggsborn, 1919, july, 1919young, south, walesdied4, march, 1991, 1991, aged, penshurst, south, wal. Tom Briggs 29 July 1919 4 March 1991 was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1940s Tom BriggsPersonal informationFull nameThomas Henry BriggsBorn 1919 07 29 29 July 1919Young New South WalesDied4 March 1991 1991 03 04 aged 71 Penshurst New South Wales AustraliaPlaying informationPositionCentreClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1946 47 Western Suburbs 10 5 0 0 151948 49 St George 17 16 0 0 48Total 27 21 0 0 63Source Whiticker HudsonTom Briggs was a very fine rugby league player from Young New South Wales He starred in Rugby League Army teams during World War Two including a match representing NSW against Queensland servicemen held on Bougainville 1 in which he was man of the match After he returned from the war 2 Briggs joined the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1946 Tom married in 1946 and moved to the St George area at the end of the 1947 season 3 Tom Briggs had two brilliant seasons at the St George Dragons in 1948 amp 1949 scoring 16 tries from 17 games Injuries towards the end of the 1949 season curtailed his career Tom Briggs died in Sydney on 4 Mar 1991 aged 71 References edit Queensland Win League Game https trove nla gov au newspaper article 156732956 searchTerm 22tom 20briggs 22 amp searchLimits l state New South Wales 7C 7C 7Cl decade 194 World War Two Australian Nominal Roll T H Briggs https nominal rolls dva gov au veteran id 302936 amp c WW2 Whittacker Hudson The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players 1995 ISBN 1875169571 nbsp This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Briggs rugby league amp oldid 1106243832, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
