Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 22nd April, 1933
- Died
- Monday, 4th February, 1991 (Aged 57 years and 288 days)
Biography
Former Norths Newcastle fullback from Stockton, a reserve for NSW in the interstate matches in 1953, also played against the American 'All Stars' that year. Slade was captain-coach of P’matta that year at the tender age of 21 (surely a record for one so young) and was then chosen in the Sydney team to take on France in 1955 ahead of Clive Churchill - stopping the great fullback's sequence of 99 consecutive rep matches.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Sydney Colts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City vs Country Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 77 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 128 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 20.78% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 80 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 128 | 17 | 62 | 1 | 21.25% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Newcastle (AU) | 1952, 1957 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Seconds | 1952 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Seconds | 1953, 1955 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Possibles (AU) | 1954-55 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Sydney Colts | 1955 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Country Firsts | 1956-57 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1952-1957 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1953 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1954 | 18 | 4 | 19 | - | 50 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1955 | 18 | 5 | 11 | - | 37 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1958 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1959 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Parramatta | 1953-55, 1958-59 | 77 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 128 | 16 | 60 | 1 | 20.78% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Wests Archives, Tony McCarron, Tim Costello
Your Say
30 May 2020 12:51am
Johnny,originally from Stockton,before becoming a Northern Suburbs (Newcastle) Junior, then was signed by Paramatta in 1953.He became the youngest ever captain/coach in Sydney in 1955,replacing strangely enough another Northern Suburbs product in Charlie Gill from the 1954 season.
9 Aug 2024 8:30pm
Hi, I was there at Redfern Oval with my parents in 1955. Parra won 15 to 8. Johnny Slade was the youngest Captain Coach playing at that time. Donny Tosh scored the winning try in the 2nd Half suffering a fraractured collar bone. At the end of the game Churchill walked over and flattened Sl.ade with a punch. johnny Slade was picked ahead of Churchill for the next rep game. Cheers
14 Feb 2026 12:59am
Per David Middleton, Johnny Slade was born on 22nd April 1933 and died on 4th February 1991.
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