Graham Eadie

Coming to Manly as an 18-year-old from Woy Woy, Graham Eadie secured the top fullback spot following the retirement of Bob Batty in 1971 and became one of the most prolific point-scorers in the post-war game. Eadie won four premiership titles with the Sea Eagles (1972-73, 1976 and 1978) and became an institution in Australia’s Test and World Cup teams during the 1970s. A rampaging attacking player, one of his finest matches was in the 1978 grand final replay where he single-handedly destroyed Cronulla in scoring a try, setting up two others for Russel Gartner and kicking three goals and a field goal. Eadie's representative career started on the 1973 Kangaroo tour when he was called into the final two Tests against Great Britain following an injury to captain-coach Graeme Langlands. He went on to play 12 Tests in all, as well as the 1975 and 1977 World Cup competitions, but retired from Test football following a second Kangaroo tour (1978) and the three-Test whitewash of Great Britain in 1979. The winner of the Rothmans Medal as best and fairest player in 1974 Eadie was the season's leading point-scorer in three consecutive seasons. His 14 goals in the 70-7 thrashing of Penrith in 1973 remains an individual postwar record. In 1978 Eadie added a further sporting achievement to his resume when he represented Australia in a World Sporting Superstar competition in Jamaica. Eadie's final rep match was in the first State of Origin clash (1980) and he surprisingly announced his retirement after playing in successive grand final losses to P’matta (1982-83). At the time he was the game's greatest point-scorer (bettered by Mick Cronin soon after) and remains the greatest point-scorer in Manly’s club history. The feeling that he still had a lot to offer the game was borne out in his remarkable comeback with English club Halifax in the mid 1980s. Under the coaching of fellow Australian Chris Anderson, Eadie scored a club record 16 tries at fullback and helped Halifax to victory in the 1986-87 Championship title and 1987 Challenge Cup. In the latter victory Eadie became the first Australian to win the Lance Todd Trophy as man-of-the-match. He then took over as coach of Halifax in 1988 but the move was short-lived, as was his time as lower grade coach of G’Coast(1991-92) and with South Queensland (1995-96). His son, Brook Eadie, won a premiership with the Crushers’ President’s Cup team in 1996.

Career Statistics

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International
Test Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1973-75, 1977-79	20	7	12				-	45	15	5	0	75.00%
Overall	1973-1979	20	7	12				0	45	15	5	0	75.00%
International Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1973-1978	2	-	5				-	10	2	0	0	100.00%
Overall	1975-1978	2	0	5				0	10	2	0	0	100.00%
World Cup Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Australia	1973-1977	8	5	7				-	29	7	1	0	87.50%
Overall	1975-1977	8	5	7				0	29	7	1	0	87.50%
Representative
Australia - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
NSW Firsts	1972, 1974-80	13	4	10				-	32	11	1	1	84.62%
NSW City Firsts	1974, 1976-77, 1979-80, 1983	6	9	11				-	49	6	0	0	100.00%
New South Wales	1980	1	-	-				-	-	0	1	0	0.00%
Overall	1972-1983	20	13	21				0	81	17	2	1	85.00%
Club Career
Australian League Matches - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1971	?	-	10				-	20
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1972	?	4	15				-	42
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1973	?	4	69				-	150
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1974	?	10	93				-	216
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1975	?	14	100				-	242
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1976	?	9	103				-	233
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1977	?	4	67				-	146
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1978	?	6	52				2	124
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1979	?	6	68				1	155
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1980	20	2	80				-	166	9	9	2	45.00%
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1981	14	2	40				-	86	9	3	2	64.29%
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1982	15	3	51				-	111	8	7	0	53.33%
Manly Warringah	NSWRFL 1983	27	7	99				-	226	22	5	0	81.48%
Overall	1971-1983	?	71	847				3	1,917	?	?	?	?
Australian League Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	1971-79	?	71	847				3	1917	?	?	?	?
Manly Warringah	1980-83	76	14	270				-	589	48	24	4	63.16%
Overall	1971-1983	?	71	847				3	1,917	?	?	?	?
Australian Finals Matches - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Manly Warringah	1980-1983	7	-	21				-	42	4	3	0	57.14%
Overall	1981-1983	7	0	21				0	42	4	3	0	57.14%
English League Career - By Year
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Halifax	Championship 1986/87	?	11	3				-	50
Halifax	Championship 1987/88	?	8	7				-	46
Halifax	Championship 1988/89	?	-	3				-	6
Overall	1986-1989	?	29	22				0	160	?	?	?	?
English League Career - By Team
Team	Years	App	T	G			GK %	FG	Pts	W	L	D	Win %
Halifax	1986-89	?	29	22				-	160	?	?	?	?
Overall	1986-1989	?	29	22				0	160	?	?	?	?

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