Hec Brisbane

Brisbane played for the Marist Old Boys in the Auckland Rugby League competition debuting in 1923. He had previously played for Ellerslie United as a junior.

In 1924, Brisbane represented Auckland City against the touring Great Britain Lions. He then made his debut for New Zealand, becoming Kiwi number 153.

He was a part of the 1926–27 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain, which was marred by the strike action by six of the forwards including Marist teammate Arthur Singe.^[2]

During the 1932 New Zealand rugby league season, Brisbane captained New Zealand to a 0–3 series defeat by Great Britain on the 1932 Great Britain Lions tour. In the third test, Brisbane scored two tries but New Zealand lost 18–20.^[3]

At the end of the 1934 season Brisbane had decided to retire and Marist played a benefit match in his honour against Newton Rangers.

Hec Brisbane was the son of Julia and William Brisbane. He had an older sister Hazel Evelyn (b. 1902), a younger brother Albert (b. 1906), and a younger sister Zena (b. 1913). William Brisbane died in 1925.^{[citation needed]}

Hec married Christina Slater Brisbane in 1940. She died in 1957. Brisbane remarried Helena Ann Ganley, whose first husband had died in 1956.^{[citation needed]}

Hec Brisbane died on 26 March 1963, and was buried at Waikaraka Cemetery in Onehunga. His second wife Helena died in 1967. His mother Julia died in 1968, aged 87.^{[citation needed]}