Edward James Griffiths (1891-1980) was an Australian fire fighter, veteran of the Gallipoli campaign and a three-time premiership-winning rugby league player with the Eastern Suburbs club.

Born in Pyrmont, New South Wales in 1891, Eddie Griffiths joined the fire service as a Brigades Cadet Corp at just sixteen years of age and his exploits since that time are legendary.

A veteran of the First World War, Griffiths, a member of an Australian artillery unit, served in Egypt and Gallipoli.

Eddie Griffiths played 4 seasons with Easts and was a member of the Eastern Suburbs rugby league sides that won premierships in 1911,1912 & 1913, retaining permanent ownership of the New South Wales Rugby League's first trophy, the Royal Agricultural Society Shield.

For many years he played Rugby League football for Eastern Suburbs, when Dally Messenger was captain of the club......Eddie Griffiths died at a nursing home at Manly on 1 November 1980, age 89.