Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Brian James Johnson
- Nickname(s)
- Johnno
- Born
- Tuesday, 26th June, 1956
- Died
- Monday, 11th January, 2016 (Aged 59 years and 199 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1979
- Premiership Trophy
- 1985/1986
- Charity Shield - AUS
- 1985
Biography
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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| Tour Matches | Illawarra Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Warrington Wolves | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 159 | 55 | - | - | 182 | 92 | 61 | 6 | 57.86% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL Finals | - | 10 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 20 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 55.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| English Championship | - | 71 | 33 | - | - | 132 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 66.20% | List | ||||
| Premiership Trophy | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Regal Trophy | - | 12 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Lancashire Cup | - | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 71 | 33 | - | - | 132 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 66.20% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 289 | 115 | - | - | 410 | 180 | 108 | 11 | 62.28% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Illawarra Firsts | 1977-78 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1977-1978 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1979 | 24 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 79.17% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1980 | 24 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1981 | 22 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1982 | 24 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 45.83% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1983 | 24 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1984 | 26 | 6 | - | - | 24 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRL 1985 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1986 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1979-85 | 147 | 53 | - | - | 174 | 86 | 55 | 6 | 58.50% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1986 | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1979-1986 | 159 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 92 | 61 | 6 | 57.86% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Warrington | 1985/86 | 29 | 13 | - | - | 52 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 86.21% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1986/87 | 39 | 25 | - | - | 100 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 87.18% | List | ||||
| Warrington | 1987/88 | 34 | 10 | - | - | 40 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 82.35% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Warrington | 1985-87 | 102 | 48 | - | - | 192 | 67 | 31 | 4 | 65.69% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, AJ Lucantonio, Tony McCarron, Michael Borg, Max Turner, Derek Farrar, Bill Bates
Sources:
Newspapers, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
16 Jun 2011 3:52pm
In 1980 Johnson was the Dally M Fullback of the year.
31 Oct 2013 10:01pm
Great player on his day he was equal to any fullback ever to play but I will admit sometimes he looked disinterested
2 Aug 2014 6:40pm
Very underrated player in an era of top fullbacks, as good as any of them I.M.O. .
11 Oct 2014 1:18pm
One of the best fullbacks to never wear the Green & Gold.
12 Jan 2016 2:13pm
R.i.p.old mate legend when footy was real
21 Jun 2019 5:58am
So sorry to hear this sad news. Brian was my good mate in 5 oc/ 6 oc at Wollongong Public School back in the day. A lovely person.
29 Jun 2020 6:20am
Long before he joined AC/DC he was a rugby league superstar.
18 Dec 2020 3:08pm
Saddened to hear my hero had passed rest easy mate never forgotten .
21 Jul 2025 6:01pm
I just finished reading Karen's book.along with Ted Goodwin and Steve Morris this guy was a idol of mine.the book is a sobering read indeed
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