Paul Broughton OAM (31 March 1931 – 3 December 2022)[1] was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and club chief executive.
Broughton returned to the Sydney Premiership in 1957 with Balmain but was injured in the first match of the season and forced into retirement.
The following season Broughton returned to Sydney with the Balmain club, whom he coached from 1975 to 1976, then Newtown from 1977 to the fifth game of 1978, after which a major internal upheaval caused him, along with reserve grade coach Dave Bolton, to be dismissed in favour of St. George legend (and ex-Jet) Johnny Raper[6] and Bob Carnegie.
[8] The Titans annual award for best and fairest player is named the Paul Broughton Medal in his honour.
[9] Broughton received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours "for services to rugby league, and to the community.