Mick Crocker
Played 17 games for QLD 1949-53, 3 games for NSW 1954-55 and 15 Tests for Australia 1950-55. Crocker was an original hard man who lead Souths to the 1953 BRL Premiership before spending 1954 and 55 with Parramatta.
Gary Belcher
Souths fullback, Belcher was part of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership Souths Magpies team that won the 1985 title. The following year he, along with Souths team-mate Mal Meninga, signed with the Canberra Raiders and Belcher won the club's player of the year award. Belcher played 16 games for QLD 1986-1993 and played 15 Tests for QLD 1986-1991.
Greg Veivers
Rugged Souths Front Rower played a total of 16 games for QLD 1970-71 & 1973-78 and played in World Cup competitions in 1975 and 1977. In 1977 Veivers captained Australia against NZ in a preliminary match. The QLD captain played in all remaining matches including Australia’s win over Great Britain in the final at the SCG.
Mal Meninga
As a player he was a legendary centre, counted amongst the best players of the 20th century. As a coach he has held the mentor position with the Canberra Raiders and is now the current coach of the Queensland State of Origin team. Meninga made his first grade debut in the BRL at the age of 18 with Souths. He first played for QLD 1979, and the following year helped Queensland to a win in the first ever Rugby League State of Origin match against New South Wales, converting seven goals from seven attempts. Later in 1980 he played in the Magpies' BRL Premiership Grand Final loss, scoring a try and kicking 3 goals. However, in 1981 Meninga again reached the Grand Final with Souths and won. Mal played 32 games for QLD 1979-1994 and 45 Tests for Australia 1982-1994.
Harry Bath
Bath, to be known late in his career as 'the Old Fox', was graded as a sixteen year old to play for Souths in 1940 until 1945. He then moved to Sydney to play for Balmain.
He represented for Queensland in 1945 and for New South Wales Blues in 1946 after one Sydney season. In the 1946 fixture for NSW against the touring Great Britain side he badly injured his leg and so was unavailable for Australian Test selection a week later.
Bath then took up a career in rugby league coaching and joined the inaugural NSWRL coaching panel in 1961. He was selected manager, coach and as the sole selector for the Australian national team's 1962 Ashes series.
Bath's greatest achievement in coaching the national side was leading the Kangaroos to World Cup glory in the 1968 and 1970 World Cups.
