John Grant (rugby league), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian businessman and rugby league football administrator
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Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
About John Grant (rugby league)
- 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.
- Grant had been playing his club football for the Brisbane Rugby League's Souths club under Wayne Bennett.
- Following the World Cup, Grant joined English club Warrington, playing for them during their table-topping 1972–73 season.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.
- In 2011 Grant was named as the inaugural chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission.
- The 2012 NRL season was the Commission's first in control of the League.
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