David Grant (rugby league)

David "Nana" Grant (1956–1994) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for a number of teams in the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) competition.

David Grant

Personal information
Born	(1956-01-11)11 January 1956 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 August 1994(1994-08-20) (aged 38) Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Prop, Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1976 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1 1 0 0 3 1977 Eastern Suburbs Roosters 1 0 0 0 0 1978–81 Balmain Tigers 50 8 0 0 24 1982–85 Canberra Raiders 77 9 0 0 32 Total 129 18 0 0 59
As of 4 March 2018 Source: http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/david-grant/summary.html

Originally from Dubbo, New South Wales talented prop/back-rower, the cousin of Arthur Beetson, came to Sydney from Forbes where he made his debut for South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1976. The following year he moved to play for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters for one season, becoming the club's 678th capped player. Before moving to spend four years with the Balmain Tigers. Grant toured NZ with a Combined Sydney side that year but after a successful period with Balmain moved to the newly promoted Canberra club in 1982. The Raiders' first captain, in its inaugural season in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. Dave was also known to have knocked out a member of the crowd in Ballina (Peter Armstrong) in 1992 when he was playing for Kyogle who abused him from Yobbos Hill at Ballina’s home ground Kingsford Smith Park.

League fans were shocked by the news of his death in Kyogle from a heart attack in 1994, age 38. in rural northern New South Wales.

References

• Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.

Sporting positions
New creation	Canberra Raiders captain 1982	Succeeded by Allan McMahon