Mark Kerry Graham[3] (born 29 September 1955[4]) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer and coach.

A back-rower and former captain of the New Zealand national rugby league team, he has been named as the greatest player the country has produced in the century from 1907 to 2006.

[1][2] Born in Auckland, An Otahahu junior, Graham played in 29 tests, captaining the Kiwis side in 18 of them and scoring 7 tries from 1977 to 1988.

In 1980 when playing in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for the Norths club, he helped his side to victory in the grand final.

That year in the BRL Preliminary Final against Valleys at Lang Park, Brisbane,[5] Graham put a hit on Wally Lewis that crushed his oesophagus.

In a trans-Tasman test at Lang Park on 18 June 1985,[1] while serving as Kiwi captain Graham was deliberately taken out of the game by a high shot from Noel "Crusher" Cleal while playing brilliantly and inspirationally.