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 198 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Biography
Athletic, snowy-haired fullback (originally from Dapto) played for St George in the 1979 grand final victory over C’bury. An exciting attacking player, and a frequent try-scorer from fullback, Johnson had a long career with the Dragons before joining Easts in the mid-1980s. He played for Warrington in 1985 and, returning to England after his Sydney career finished, took over as coach of Warrington in 1990.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Illawarra Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Craven Mild Cup | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| NRL | 159 | 55 | - | - | 182 | 92 | 61 | 6 | 57.86% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 10 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| English Championship | 71 | 33 | - | - | 132 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 66.20% | List | ||||
| Lancashire Cup | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | 12 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Premiership Trophy | 6 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 1 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Illawarra Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - 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 | 24 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 45.83% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1983 | 24 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRL 1984 | 26 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRL 1985 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1986 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - 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 1987-88, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1988-89, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1986-87
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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