Brian Clinton Hambly was an Australian rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player, a representative forward for the Australia national team between 1959 and 1965. His club career was played with the South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

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 and the Parramatta Eels

Parramatta Eels

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. He was considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
A South Sydney junior, from the Mascot club Hambly played in Souths' Presidents Cup side in 1955. He was graded by the Rabbitohs in 1956 and played three seasons with the club.