Brian Griffin (lacrosse)

Brian Griffin (16 April 1941 to 17 June 2020) was an Australian lacrosse player and one of only two lacrosse players inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. He began playing in 1953 for the Nedlands-Subiaco Lacrosse Club in Western Australia and made his A Grade debut in 1957. An attacker of the highest quality, he first represented Australia on the 1962 overseas tour and won the OC Isaachsen Trophy as Australia's best and fairest men's lacrosse player in 1966. He captained Australia at the inaugural World Championship in Toronto in 1967 and was named the team's most valuable player. He could throw and catch with both hands, which was unheard of at the time, and he developed a back-hand shot. He played in the 1974 World Championship in Melbourne and later served as assistant Australian coach in 1984. He entered the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1986, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999 and the inaugural class of the Australian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2025.