John Grant (born 19 March 1950) is an Australian businessman, rugby league football administrator and former chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission which controls rugby league in Australia. A former player of the 1970s, he was a Queensland interstate representative three-quarter back and a member of the Australian team which lost the 1972 World Cup to Great Britain in France.[1] Grant had been playing his club football for the Brisbane Rugby League's Souths club under Wayne Bennett.[2] Following the World Cup, Grant joined English club Warrington, playing for them during their table-topping 1972–73 season.[3][4]
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Grant had completed an engineering degree at the University of Queensland before taking up a scholarship with Brisbane City Council. He went on to head the information technology company Data3 and become chairman of the Australian Information Industry Association.[5] In 2011 Grant was named as the inaugural chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission.[6] The 2012 NRL season was the commission's first in control of the League.
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edit- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Proszenko, Adrian (19 February 2012). "Granted, he's got work to do, but new chief has lots of experience". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Former Warrington Wolves player John grant new chairman of Australian National Rugby League". Warrington Guardian. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ "Wolves Heritage 701 To 800". warringtonwolves.org. Warrington Wolves. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ^ Cameron, Nadia (22 October 2008). "Channel Champion: John Grant, Data #3". ARN. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ Walter, Brad (22 July 2011). "New commission chief gets down to business with Gallop". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 July 2011.