Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Obie
- Born
- Tuesday, 22nd March, 1932
- Current Age
- 94 years and 7 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1956
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1956, 1957, 1958
Biography
Kevin O’Brien’s utility value in the backline earned him a place on the 1956-57 Kangaroo tour. The St George winger covered fullback, centre and five-eighth at various stages of his NSW debut that year and played in the centres in St George’s 18-12 grand final win over Balmain. On tour in England and France O’Brien played in 11 matches but did not appear in a Test match.
- ALAN WHITICKER
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 | Sydney Colts | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 11 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 54.55% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 3 | 65 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 148 | 45 | 18 | 2 | 69.23% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 79 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 174 | 55 | 27 | 3 | 69.62% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Colts | 1955 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Probables (AU) | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1956 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1956 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1955-1956 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1954 | 20 | 7 | 16 | - | 53 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1955 | 19 | 13 | - | - | 39 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 68.42% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1956 | 20 | 16 | - | 1 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1957 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| St George | NSWRFL 1958 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| St George | 1954-58 | 65 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 148 | 45 | 18 | 2 | 69.23% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Wests Archives, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Max Turner
Your Say
9 Mar 2026 9:25am
Keven also played in the Public Service Comp at the Sydney Domain ,for the Government Printing Office. B grade Champs 1956 (Thanks to Keven}
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