Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Brian James Johnson
- Nickname(s)
- Johnno
- Born
- Tuesday, 26th June, 1956
- Died
- Monday, 11th January, 2016 (Aged 59 years and 199 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1979
- Premiership Trophy
- 1985/1986
- Charity Shield - AUS
- 1985
Biography
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Tour Matches | Illawarra Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 159 | 55 | - | - | 182 | 92 | 61 | 6 | 57.86% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 10 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | - | 71 | 33 | - | - | 132 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 66.20% | List | ||||
Premiership Trophy | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Regal Trophy | - | 12 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Lancashire Cup | - | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
Preseason Cup | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Midweek Cup | - | 20 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Illawarra Firsts | 1977-78 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
NSW Country Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1977-1978 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1979 | 24 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 79.17% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1980 | 24 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 58.33% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1981 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1982 Winfield Cup | 24 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 45.83% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRFL 1983 Winfield Cup | 24 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRL 1984 Winfield Cup | 26 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | ||||
St George | NSWRL 1985 Winfield Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1986 Winfield Cup | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
St George | 1979-85 | 147 | 53 | - | - | 174 | 86 | 55 | 6 | 58.50% | List | ||||
Eastern Suburbs | 1986 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1979-1986 | 159 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 92 | 61 | 6 | 57.86% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Warrington | 1985/86 | 29 | 13 | - | - | 52 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 65.52% | List | ||||
Warrington | 1986/87 | 39 | 25 | - | - | 100 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 69.23% | List | ||||
Warrington | 1987/88 | 34 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 61.76% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Warrington | 1985-87 | 102 | 48 | - | - | 192 | 67 | 31 | 4 | 65.69% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Michael Borg, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999)
Your Say
16/06/2011
In 1980 Johnson was the Dally M Fullback of the year.
31/10/2013
Great player on his day he was equal to any fullback ever to play but I will admit sometimes he looked disinterested
02/08/2014
Very underrated player in an era of top fullbacks, as good as any of them I.M.O. .
11/10/2014
One of the best fullbacks to never wear the Green & Gold.
12/01/2016
R.i.p.old mate legend when footy was real
21/06/2019
So sorry to hear this sad news. Brian was my good mate in 5 oc/ 6 oc at Wollongong Public School back in the day. A lovely person.
29/06/2020
Long before he joined AC/DC he was a rugby league superstar.
18/12/2020
Saddened to hear my hero had passed rest easy mate never forgotten .
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