John Elias (Arabic: جون إلياس; born 10 December 1963) is a Lebanese-Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.
Early in the 1988 Winfield Cup season while playing for Easts, Elias' jaw was fractured in a tackle during the first minutes of a match against Balmain.
Elias was the inaugural captain of the Lebanese rugby league team when they made their début in the 1997 World Sevens tournament, going on to reach the quarter-finals.
Elias was refused entry into the United States for Lebanon's 2000 World Cup qualifier match due to his previous firearms conviction.
[17] In June 2009, following the conviction of Greg Bird, Elias wrote an article published by News Limited detailing his time in prison.
In 2010 Elias published his book, Sin Bin: The Untold Story of a True Footy Bad Boy, which detailed his life of football and crime.