Mr Tom Gorman

Centre partner for Mal Meninga in the Queensland Team of the Century, Tom played 34 games for Queensland from 1921-30 and 10 games for Australia (1924-30).

He was the first Queenslander to captain Australia, leading his country seven times, including the 1929-30 Kangaroos tour. Born in Charters Towers, he began his senior career in Toowoomba before moving to Brisbane in 1926. He was described by the legendary Duncan Thompson as ‘an artist who shunned some crudities as power and beat men with acceleration and swerve that was just sheer grace’.

A member of the Queensland team that beat NSW in five consecutive interstate series from 1922-26, and captained Queensland to a series win in his final season in 1928. His first Test as captain against Great Britain in Brisbane in 1928 was the first time the Australian wore green and gold, having previously played in a merged maroon and blue of Queensland and NSW.

A 2007 inductee to the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame, he was named in 2008 in Australia’s Greatest 100 Players 1908-2007 and the Queensland Team of the Century.