Graham Lye

Graham Lye
Personal information
Full nameGraham Enos Lye
Born (1948-08-14) 14 August 1948 (age 76)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1970–72 Parramatta Eels 50 7 0 1 22
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1969–70 New South Wales 2 2 0 0 6
1969 Australia

Graham Enos Lye (born 14 August 1948) is an Australian former rugby league player.[1]

Lye was a product of rugby league in the Illawarra.[2]

A five-eighth, Lye starred with two tries for New South Wales in a win over Queensland at Lang Park in 1969 and subsequently won a place on the Australian squad for a tour of New Zealand, where he was kept out of the Test line-up by Denis Pittard.[3] He began competing with Parramatta in 1970 and the following pre-season took over the club captaincy, but had to relinquish it to Ron Lynch when the league season began, following a player's vote.[4]

  1. ^ "Kangaroos strike referee trouble again". The Canberra Times. 3 June 1969. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Late change to league team". The Canberra Times. 4 August 1970. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The New Men". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 May 1969.
  4. ^ "Lye off as Cronulla win 23-13". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 March 1971.