| First: | RU |
| John Gray | |
| Fullname: | John Denis Gray |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Meriden, Warwickshire, England |
| Ru Position: | Hooker |
| Ru Club1: | Coventry |
| Ru Year1start: | 19?? |
| Ru Year1end: | 73 |
| Club1: | Wigan |
| Year1start: | 1973 |
| Year1end: | 75 |
| Appearances1: | 60 |
| Tries1: | 6 |
| Goals1: | 122 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 262 |
| Club2: | North Sydney |
| Year2start: | 1975 |
| Year2end: | 77 |
| Appearances2: | 44 |
| Tries2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 112 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 259 |
| Club3: | Manly-Warringah |
| Year3start: | 1978 |
| Year3end: | 80 |
| Appearances3: | 50 |
| Tries3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 68 |
| Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
| Points3: | 148 |
| Club4: | North Sydney |
| Year4start: | 1981 |
| Year4end: | 83 |
| Appearances4: | 44 |
| Tries4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 96 |
| Fieldgoals4: | 0 |
| Points4: | 209 |
| Ru Teama: | England 7s |
| Ru Yearastart: | 1973 |
| Teama: | England |
| Yearastart: | 1975 |
| Appearancesa: | 3 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 4 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 8 |
| Teamb: | Great Britain |
| Yearbstart: | 1974 |
| Appearancesb: | 8 |
| Triesb: | 1 |
| Goalsb: | 18 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 1 |
| Pointsb: | 40 |
| New: | yes |
| Retired: | yes |
| Updated: | 12 June 2012 |
| Source: | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
John Denis Gray (born 9 October 1953)[5] is an English cricketer, rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played cricket for Warwickshire and Marylebone Cricket Club, as a left-hand bat, and right-arm medium-fast bowler, playing representative rugby union (RU) for England (7s), and at club level for Coventry R.F.C., as a Hooker and representative rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Wigan, North Sydney Bears (two spells) and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles as a round the corner style goal-kicking or .[1]
Gray was born in Meriden, Warwickshire, England on 9 October 1953. He was a pupil at Woodlands Comprehensive School, Coventry.
He represented England (RU) in the 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament.
Gray switched to rugby league with English club Wigan, and played at, scoring 4 conversions in their 19–9 victory over Salford in the 1973 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, on Saturday 13 October 1973.[6] Gray won caps for England (RL) while at Wigan in 1975 against France, and Wales, in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France,[2] and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in 1974 against France (sub) (2 matches), Australia (2 matches), Australia (sub), and New Zealand (3 matches).[3] Gray was one of the first players to introduce the now routine round-the-corner style of goal kicking to Australia, he won the 1976 Amco Cup 'superstar' prize for player of the competition, he was the 1982 Dally M Award-winning, a series of broken forearms, and constant back pain ended his career in 1983.
John Gray was named on the bench in the North Sydney Bears Team of the Century.