Brian Clinton Hambly was an Australian rugby league player, a representative forward for the Australia national team between 1959 and 1965.
11 Facts About Brian Hambly
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Brian Hambly was considered one of the Australia's finest rugby league players of the twentieth century.
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Brian Hambly was graded by the Rabbitohs in 1956 and played three seasons with the club.
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Brian Hambly represented in a New South Wales Colts side against Great Britain in 1958.
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Brian Hambly played on till 1967 in which season he was named captain-coach, however suffering the effects of knee injury during the year he sacked himself in favour of young future Eel star Bob O'Reilly.
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Brian Hambly was then picked as a reserve for Australia's test series against New Zealand that year and then for the 1959 Kangaroo tour.
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Brian Hambly played in all six Tests plus in 16 other minor tour matches.
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Brian Hambly made a further overseas tour of New Zealand in 1965.
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Brian Hambly was the licensee of the Willoughby Hotel on Sydney's North Shore from 1975 to 1979.
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In February 2008, Brian Hambly was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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In 2005, Brian Hambly was inducted into Parramatta's hall of fame.