Darryl Brohman
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Full name | Darryl Gregory Brohman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 22 June 1956||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darryl Gregory Brohman
Early life
Brohman attended
Personal life
Brohman has a partner Beverly, and they have two children, daughters Lizzie and Ruby.
Playing career
Brisbane
While still at high school, Brohman played first grade for Norths in Brisbane's competition and was developing into a skillful, ball-playing forward with a good kicking game. He was awarded the Norths Player of the Year in 1976 and won Brisbane's Rothmans Medal as the league's best and fairest player in the same year, joining John Brown, Steve Calder, Neville Draper and lookalike Darryl Duncan as winners of the award from the Norths club.[5]
Sydney
Brohman then moved to Sydney and played for the
In his Queensland debut in the opening match of the
Brohman returned to the playing field for the
Post playing
After he retired from playing, Brohman took up coaching for two seasons. Firstly, he coached the Brisbane Broncos' reserve grade side in 1988, before returning to Canterbury in 1989 to coach their reserve grade team.[10]
In 2006, he was nominated as the one of front rowers in the 40th Anniversary Penrith Panthers "Team of Legends"[11] but lost out to Terry Geary (8 seasons – 1969–76) and Tim Sheens (13 seasons – 1970–82).[12]
Brohman was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "service to rugby league."[13]
Media
Brohman later had a career in the media where he has worked for several radio stations across Sydney. Brohman's media career includes stints at
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Rothfield, Phil (1 August 2010). "The Big Marn's brave face". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Club History and Awards". Norths Devils Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
- ^ "Club Statistics – Penrith Panthers". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ "Darryl Brohman's State of Origin appearances". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ "Darryl Brohman's State of Origin statistical breakdown". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ISBN 978-0-7022-3383-8.
- Canterbury Bulldogs. Archived from the originalon 30 July 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ^ "Full list of nominees for Penrith Panthers Team of Legends". Penrith Panthers Rugby League Football Club. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ O'Neill, Matthew (5 October 2006). "Penrith's 40-year team announced and 2006 Panthers awards". Rleague.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
- ^ Stehle, Mark (25 January 2020). "Australia Day Honours 2020: Full list of recipients". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "NRL Footy Show axed by Channel Nine due to poor ratings after 25 years on air". ABC News. 2 October 2018.