Gary Belcher

Gary Belcher
Personal information
Born (1962-05-28) 28 May 1962 (age 62)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1982–85 Southern Suburbs 69 31 13 0 144
1986–93 Canberra Raiders 148 69 148 0 572
1988–89 Castleford 11 5 0 1 21
Total 228 105 161 1 737
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986–93 Queensland 16 4 16 0 48
1986–91 Australia 15 3 6 0 24
Source: [1][2]

Gary Belcher (born 28 May 1962)[3] is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former player. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative, he played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for the Souths Magpies[4] (winning the 1985 grand final) and in the NSWRL Premiership for the Canberra Raiders (winning the 1989 and 1990 grand finals).[5] He also played in England for Castleford (Heritage No. 667). Belcher's position of choice was fullback, though he began his career in the centres.

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ "Yesterday's Hero". Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  3. ^ "NRL Hall of Fame player nominees announced for 2019". 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ McCoy, John (December 2010). "Brisbane Rugby League Entertainers". Men of League Magazine, Edition 42. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  5. ^ "ACT Sport Hall of Fame Inductees". ctsport.com.au. ACT Sport. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.