Jim Craig (rugby league)

Jimmy Craig

Craig as captain of a 1924 Queensland side
Personal information
Full name	James Hampden Craig
Born	(1895-06-29)29 June 1895 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	13 December 1959(1959-12-13) (aged 64) Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Utility 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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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.^[3] 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.^[4]