(1953-11-25) 25 November 1953 (age 70) Woy Woy, New South Wales
Playing information
Height
179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Position
Fullback
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1971–83
Manly-Warringah
211
71
838
3
1899
1986–89
Halifax
74
29
24
0
164
Total
285
100
862
3
2063
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1974–80
New South Wales
14
3
13
0
35
1974–79
Australia
20
2
5
0
16
1974–83
NSW City
6
9
11
0
49
Source: [1][2]
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Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953), is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been named amongst Australia's finest of the 20th century.[4] A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative fullback, he played in Australia during Manly-Warringah's dominance of the NSWRFL competition during the 1970s. He won four premierships with them and his 1,917 points in first grade and 2,070 points in all grades were both records at the time of his retirement. Eadie also played in England for Halifax, winning the Challenge Cup Final of 1987 with them. He also won World Cups with Australia and collected awards such as the Rothmans Medal and Lance Todd Trophy.
^Rugby League Project
^100 Greatest Players
^"'Wombat' leaves habitat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia. 29 August 1983. p. 31. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^Century's Top 100 Players Archived 25 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953), is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been named amongst...
member of the 2008 premiership team, is one of only 4 players (along with GrahamEadie, Bob Batty and Matthew Ridge) to have scored over 1,000 competition points...
record 257 points (11 tries, 106 goals and 1 field goal), breaking GrahamEadie's record of 242 points. At the end of the season he played for the Sea...
Cleary's golden moment". www.nrl.com. 5 April 2019. "Fitness no issue for Graham as NSW consider Cleary replacements". NRL. 24 June 2019. "Queensland name...
and becoming the sixth player to ever surpass that point, along with GrahamEadie, Mick Cronin, Daryl Halligan, Jason Taylor and Andrew Johns. El Masri...
Cronin GrahamEadie Bob Fulton Ted Goodwin Bill Hamilton John Lang Ken Maddison John O'Neill Bob O'Reilly Warren Orr Tim Pickup Greg Pierce Graham Olling...
on efforts over the course of both games, although Manly-Warringah's GrahamEadie was a clear choice in 1978 after a dominating performance from fullback...
and classy fullback and Man of the Match GrahamEadie. As of the 2019 NRL Grand final, no player since Eadie has scored the combination of a try, a goal...
Cowboys' 36–4 victory and he was named the man of the match, being awarded the Graham Murray Medal. In Round 7, Thurston scored his 1000th point at 1300SMILES...
Sydney Cricket Ground. 16 September 1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles: GrahamEadie, Ken Irvine, Ray Branighan, Bob Fulton, Max Brown, Ian Martin, Dennis...
him sidelined for up to 6–8 weeks after Bulldogs prop and captain James Graham ran into him to charge down a field goal attempt in the dying minutes. The...
State of Origin football following good lead up work by Kangaroos pair GrahamEadie and Mick Cronin. After an all-in brawl in the first half and leading...
warringtonguardian.co.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016. "Graham Lowe: I can see Cleary now, Warriors' reign will come ... – 23 Mar 2007...
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