His brother Warwick was a goalkeeper who played state league soccer for the Wollongong Wolves and for St George.
At the age of 16, Craig was playing for Bellambi in the Illawarra soccer competition while he was also competing for Corrimal Cougars in rugby league.
League eventually won the battle and Young was selected to tour Great Britain as an Australian Schoolboys team in 1972.
In his final 1988 season he captained the Dragons when they won the mid-week 1988 Panasonic Cup competition, beating the Balmain Tigers 16–8.
His final national representative selection was at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the 1st test of the domestic Ashes series against Great Britain in 1984.
[13] On 20 July 2022, Young was named in the St. George Dragons District Rugby League Clubs team of the century.