John Quayle (rugby league)

John Quayle (born 14 February 1947) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and administrator in the 1980s and 1990s.

An Australia national and New South Wales state representative lock or second-row forward, he played in the NSWRFL Premiership for the Eastern Suburbs and Parramatta clubs.

At the end of the 1972 NSWRFL season he played for Easts as a second-row forward in their grand final loss to Manly-Warringah.

The following season Quayle joined Parramatta and also was selected to play for Sydney then New South Wales.

[1] It was in this capacity that he, as well as Don Furner and two St. George legends, John Raper and Reg Gasnier, chose Dragons lock Brad Mackay, despite being on the 1993 NSWRL season grand final's losing side, to be awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as man-of-the-match, with Queensland premier Wayne Goss questioning the decision.