List of Brighton Grammar School people explained

This is a list of notable past students and staff of Brighton Grammar School. Alumni of the school are known as "Old Brighton Grammarians".

A

• Will Ashcroft - AFL footballer with Brisbane Lions, 2024 Premiership player and Norm Smith Medal winner
• William Adamson – grain merchant, Brighton City councillor (1897–1913), Brighton City Mayor (1901–1902), Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1910–1922)
• Dylan Alcott – Paralympian^[1]
• Francis Henry Joseph Archer – headmaster at Caulfield Grammar School 1923–1954, teacher at Brighton Grammar School 1955–1957^[2]
• Sir Stanley Argyle KBE – former Premier of Victoria; Member (Nationalist) for the seat of Toorak^{[1] [3]}

B

• Gerry Balme – VFL footballer with St Kilda
• Brigadier Lewis Ernest Stephen Barker, – Australian Army officer
• Andrew Bassat – co-founder of SEEK^[1]
• Paul Bassat – co-founder of SEEK^[1]
• Marcus Bastiaan – businessman; former vice-president of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party
• Weston Bate – member of staff
• Robin Batterham AO – chemical engineer; Chief Scientist of Australia 1999–2006^[1]
• Mordy Bromberg – Federal Court judge, and VFL footballer with St Kilda^[1]
• Travis Brooks – Olympic hockey player^[1]
• Louis Butler – AFL footballer

C

• Ben Canham – Australian representative rower
• Bill Cannon – VFL footballer with St Kilda
• Warwick Capper – AFL footballer
• Sir Norman John Carson – businessman, wool industry leader, philanthropist^[4]
• James Catanach – RAAF pilot, taken prisoner during the Second World War, took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, was re-captured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo
• Air Vice Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, – Royal Flying Corps pilot in First World War, and senior Royal Air Force officer during Second World War
• Sir Harold Winthrop Clapp KBE – railway administrator, Director-General of Australia's Land Transport Board, 1942–1951
• Josh Clayton – AFL footballer
• Andrew Cooper – Olympic rower^[1]
• George Henry Crowther – founder, and first headmaster of Brighton Grammar School^[5]
• Henry Arnold Crowther – second headmaster of Brighton Grammar School^[6]

D

• Roger Davies – artist manager, business manager, and music producer^[1]
• Chris Dawes – AFL footballer^[1]
• Lt. Col Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny – soldier, medical practitioner, pathologist, academic, and hospital administrator^[7]
• John Leopold Denman – member of dynasty of architects
• Neil Douglas MBE – environmental artist; conservationist; author^[8]
• Barry Robert Dove – Judge of the County Court of Victoria^[9]
• John Robertson Duigan and Reginald Duigan – Australian pioneer aviators who built and flew the first Australian-made aircraft^{[1] [10] [11]}

F

• Horace Percy Finnis – Anglican priest and organist

G

• William Grant CMG, DSO and Bar, VD – soldier and commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba^[1]

H

• William Hancock – vicar at St Andrew's Church, Brighton (1918–1928), instrumental in acquiring Brighton Grammar School for the Anglican Church in 1924, and chairman of the School's council (1925–1935)
• The Honourable Justice Kim Hargrave – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal^[1]
• Ray Harper – VFL footballer with St Kilda, Carlton, and North Melbourne
• Clifford Hayes – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Sir Lionel Hooke – pioneer in radio; wireless operator in Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Antarctic Expedition; engineer^[12]
• Neville Read Hudson – RAAF pilot, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1976–1979)
• Jayden Hunt – AFL footballer

I

• Peter Isaacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM – publisher and decorated military pilot^[1]

J

• Ben Jacobs – AFL footballer^[1]
• Christian Jollie Smith – solicitor, co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia, taught English Literature at Brighton Grammar School (1919)

K

• Josh Kelly – AFL footballer^[1]

L

• Andrew Lauterstein – Olympic swimmer^[1]
• Cyril Lloyd – a senior British Army officer during the Second World War
• Brigadier John Lloyd – senior Australian Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars, farmer, and licensing magistrate
• Matthew Lloyd – Olympic cyclist^[1]
• Corbett Lyon – architect, art patron and academic^[1]

M

• Craig Marais – international field hockey player
• Mat McBriar – American football player^[1]
• Michael McCarthy – member of staff, VFL footballer
• William C. McClelland – doctor, VFL footballer and Victorian Football League President^{[1] [13]}
• Andrew McGrath – AFL footballer^[1]
• John Charles McIntyre – former Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Gippsland, Victoria; recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003 (also attended Fort Street High School)^[14]
• Brad McKay – doctor, author and television personality
• Claude McKay – journalist, newspaper proprietor
• Samuel McLaren – mathematician, mathematical physicist, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme
• Professor Ian Meredith AM – interventional cardiologist, Director of MonashHeart, Professor of Cardiology at Monash University^[1]
• Gary Minihan – Olympian, Commonwealth Medal winner, Australian record holder (since 1984)^[1]
• Roy Morgan – pollster, market researcher, and Melbourne City councillor 1959–1974
• Nathan Murphy – AFL footballer

N

• Lieutenant-Colonel James Joachim Nicholas M.B.B.S., M.D. – VFL footballer, killed in action in World War I

O

• Sean O'Boyle – composer and conductor^[1]
• Bill O'Hara – surgeon, VFL footballer with St Kilda
• James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in 1947) – convicted murderer and suspected serial killer
• Michael S Osborne KC - Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria

P

• Roy Paton – farmer, President Towong Shire Council (1929–1930, 1932–1933), Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1932–1947)
• Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley "Jerry" Pentland, – aviator, World War I fighter ace
• Archie Perkins – AFL footballer with Essendon
• Charlie Pickering – Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer, and host of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering^[1]
• Andrew Plympton – businessman, sports administrator, President St Kilda Football Club 1993–2000^[1]
• Sir Sir Murray Victor Porter – Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
• Harry Potter – rugby union footballer with UK team Leicester Tigers
• Will Pucovski – cricketer^[1]

R

• Peter Reith – Australian politician (Liberal); Minister in Howard Government 1996–2003; Member for the seat of Flinders^{[1] [15]}
• John Ross – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1996–2002)
• Michael Rozenes QC – Chief judge of the County Court of Victoria^[1]

S

• Christian Salem – AFL footballer^[1]
• Jack Shelton – VFL footballer with St Kilda and South Melbourne; killed in action at Tobruk in 1941
• David Shepherd – Victorian cricketer, and VFL footballer with St Kilda^[1]
• Tommy Smith – international racing driver
• David Smorgon – Australian businessman and member of the Smorgon family^[1]
• Major General Victor Stantke, – senior officer in the Australian Army during the First World War and Second World War, member of staff
• Ivan Stedman – swimmer, silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium
• Jock Sturrock MBE – yachtsman^[1]

T

• Herbert Valentine Tarte – Fiji-born planter, and Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Peter Thomson – influential Anglican priest^[1]
• Albert Thurgood – VFL footballer^[1]
• Will Thursfield – AFL footballer
• Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell –distinguished soldier, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly^{[1] [16]}

V

• Jim Vickers-Willis – journalist and square dance caller

W

• Sam Walsh AO – businessman, philanthropist^[1]
• Doug Warbrick – co-founder of Rip Curl
• Matthew Warnock – AFL footballer
• Robert Warnock – AFL footballer
• Jack Watts – AFL footballer, No.1 Draft pick 2008^[1]
• Charles William George Wheeler – Master of the Supreme Court of Victoria^{[17] [18]}
• Julien Wiener – Australian Test cricketer^[1]
• Harry Williams – golfer, Australian Amateur Champion in 1931 and 1937
• David Wittey – AFL footballer

Y

• Masa Yamaguchi – professional actor on stage and in film^[1]

Z

• Allan Zavod – pianist, composer, jazz musician, and conductor^[1]
• Charles Henry Zercho – VFA footballer with Essendon (1890), chaplain and resident master at Brighton Grammar School (1891–1892, and 1911–1913)

External links

• Brighton Grammar School website
• The Brighton Grammar School Hall of Fame
• Old Brighton Grammarians Society (alumni association)
• Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club (Victorian Amateur Football Association)

Notes and References

1. https://www.brightongrammar.vic.edu.au/community/alumni/bgs-hall-of-fame Hall of Fame, Brighton Grammar School.
2. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crowther-george-henry-5835 French, E.L. (1979), "Francis Henry Joseph Archer" (1886-1958), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7.
3. Web site: Argyle, Sir Stanley Seymour. 2007-10-18. Browne . G. 2004-06-08. re-member. Parliament of Victoria.
4. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carson-sir-norman-john-9699 Pemberton, P.A. (1993), "Sir Norman John Carson (1877–1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13.
5. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crowther-george-henry-5835 Sligo, C.E. (1981), "George Henry Crowther (1854-1918)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8.
6. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crowther-george-henry-5835 Sligo, C.E. (1981), "Henry Arnold Crowther (1887-1966)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8.
7. News: About Local People. . . Victoria, Australia . 16 June 1917 . 27 September 2019 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
8. News: Philip. Jones. Bush lover and a law unto himself. https://archive.today/20121215194244/http://www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/10/29/1067233249119.html. dead. 2012-12-15. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-10-30. 2007-10-18.
9. Encyclopedia: Suzannah Pearce. Who's Who in Australia Live!. DOVE Barry Robert, His Hon. Judge. 2006-11-17. Crown Content Pty Ltd. North Melbourne, Vic.
10. News: John Robertson Duigan 1882-1951 Reginald Charles Duigan 1889-1966 . 5 March 2020 . Monash University.
11. News: Reginald Charles Duigan, Pioneering Aviator & Inventor (1888-1966) . 16 June 1917 . 5 March 2020 . Museums Victoria.
12. Web site: Sir Lionel Hooke Award . 2007-10-18 . 2007 . Awards . The Institution of Engineering and Technology SA & NT Local Network . https://web.archive.org/web/20070902043252/http://sant.theiet.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/20070828-iet-sant-award-hooke-2007.pdf . 2007-09-02 . dead .
13. Web site: William Caldwell McClelland. 2007-10-18. 2007-09-15. Historic Interments. Brighton Cemetery.
14. Encyclopedia: Suzannah Pearce. Who's Who in Australia Live!. McINTYRE John Charles, Rt Rev.. 2006-11-17. Crown Content Pty Ltd. North Melbourne, Vic.
15. 2003. Appendix 2: Contributors. The Samuel Griffith Society. Upholding the Australian Constitution. 15. The Samuel Griffith Society. Adelaide. 2007-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20150310202132/http://www.samuelgriffith.org.au/papers/html/volume15/v15appendix2.html. 10 March 2015. dead.
16. Web site: Tovell, Raymond Walter. 2007-10-18. Browne . G. 2004-06-08. re-member. Parliament of Victoria.
17. http://www.vicbar.com.au/GetFile.ashx?file=BarCouncilChairFiles/Master+Wheeler.pdf Farewell speech by the Senior Vice-Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council on the occasion of the retirement of Master Charles Wheeler from the Supreme Court of Victoria
18. https://www.vicbar.com.au/news-events/vale-%E2%80%93-charles-william-george-wheeler Vale — Charles William George Wheeler, The Victorian Bar.