| Tom Briggs | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Henry Briggs |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Young, New South Wales |
| Death Place: | Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Retired: | yes |
| Club1: | Western Suburbs |
| Year1start: | 1946 |
| Year1end: | 47 |
| Appearances1: | 10 |
| Tries1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 15 |
| Club2: | St. George |
| Year2start: | 1948 |
| Year2end: | 49 |
| Appearances2: | 17 |
| Tries2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 48 |
| Source: | Whiticker/Hudson |
Tom Briggs (29 July 1919 – 4 March 1991) was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1940s.
Tom Briggs was a very fine rugby league player from Young, New South Wales. He starred in Rugby League Army teams during World War Two including a match representing NSW against Queensland servicemen held on Bougainville[1] in which he was man of the match. After he returned from the war,[2] Briggs joined the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1946. Tom married in 1946 and moved to the St.George area at the end of the 1947 season.[3]
Tom Briggs had two brilliant seasons at the St. George Dragons in 1948 & 1949, scoring 16 tries from 17 games. Injuries towards the end of the 1949 season curtailed his career.
Tom Briggs died in Sydney on 4 Mar 1991, aged 71.