Johnny Slade

Playing Career

Biography

Former Norths Newcastle fullback from Stockton, a reserve for NSW in the interstate matches in 1953, also played against the American 'All Stars' that year. Slade was captain-coach of P’matta that year at the tender age of 21 (surely a record for one so young) and was then chosen in the Sydney team to take on France in 1955 ahead of Clive Churchill - stopping the great fullback's sequence of 99 consecutive rep matches.
- 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 %  
Country Carnival 5 2 -   1 8 2 3 0 40.00% List
NRL 77 16 39   1 128 16 60 1 20.78% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Sydney Colts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Newcastle (AU) 1952, 1957 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Seconds 1952 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1953, 1955 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Possibles (AU) 1954-55 2 1 1   - 5 1 1 0 50.00% List
Sydney Firsts 1955 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Sydney Colts 1955 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW Country Firsts 1956-57 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Overall1952-1957 11 1 1   0 5 4 7 0 36.36% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta NSWRFL 1953 12 3 1   - 11 5 6 1 41.67% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1954 18 4 19   - 50 3 15 0 16.67% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1955 18 5 11   - 37 5 13 0 27.78% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1958 18 2 8   1 24 3 15 0 16.67% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1959 11 2 -   - 6 0 11 0 0.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta 1953-55, 1958-59 77 16 39   1 128 16 60 1 20.78% List

Your Say

  • Matthew Woolston
    30/05/2020

    Johnny,originally from Stockton,before becoming a Northern Suburbs (Newcastle) Junior, then was signed by Paramatta in 1953.He became the youngest ever captain/coach in Sydney in 1955,replacing strangely enough another Northern Suburbs product in Charlie Gill from the 1954 season.

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