Bob Craig

All round sportsman Prior to his rugby career, Craig was one of Australia's greatest all-round sportsmen. He won eight consecutive State swimming championships between 1899 and 1906; he appeared in four Sydney premiership winning water polo sides and in 1905 he was a member of the Balmain soccer club which that year won the Gardiner Cup, the NSW State competition.

Rugby union career Nicknamed 'Boneta' to this rugby friends, Craig was chosen from the Balmain club to represent Australia on its 1908-09 Wallabies tour of Great Britain and North America. During the tour Craig played in one Test match against Wales. On his return to Australia, he joined the fledgling code of rugby league along with 13 of his Olympic teammates.

He returned to representative honors in 1914 playing two Tests when Australia hosted the Great Britain tourists. All up, Craig played in seven rugby league Tests and thirty-five times for Australia.

Post-football Craig was secretary of the Balmain Tigers between 1919 and 1922 and was also a delegate to the NSWRFL in 1923–1924. For a period, he served as a state selector. He spent some years in Inverell, New South Wales as a publican at the Royal Hotel.

In the financial crises of the 1930s, he suffered losses and saw a bleak future ahead. He died by suicide by hanging himself at a hospital in Leichhardt after being mentally ill for some time. Bob Craig was privately cremated at Rookwood. He was survived by his wife, Eleanor, and three children.