List of Brighton Grammar School people
This is a list of notable past students and staff of Brighton Grammar School. Alumni of the school are known as "Old Brighton Grammarians".
Alumni
Arts and entertainment
- Roger Davies – artist manager, business manager, and music producer[1]
- Rennie Ellis - photographer[2]
- Bland Holt - comedian and theatrical producer[3]
- Corbett Lyon AO – architect, co-founder of Lyons, art patron and academic[1][4]
- Claude McKay – journalist, newspaper proprietor[5]
- Sean O'Boyle AM – composer and conductor[1]
- Charlie Pickering – comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer[1][6]
- Jim Vickers-Willis – journalist and square dance caller[7]
- Masa Yamaguchi – actor, stunt performer and fight choreographer[1]
- Allan Zavod OAM – pianist, composer, jazz musician and conductor[1][8]
Business
- Andrew Bassat – co-founder of SEEK[1][9]
- Paul Bassat – co-founder of SEEK[1][9]
- Marcus Bastiaan – businessman; former vice-president of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party[10]
- Sir Harold Winthrop Clapp KBE – railway administrator, Director-General of Australia's Land Transport Board (1942–1951)[11]
- David Smorgon OAM – businessman and member of the Smorgon family[1][12]
- Sam Walsh AO – businessman, philanthropist[1][13]
- Doug Warbrick – co-founder of Rip Curl[14]
Medicine, science and technology
- Robin Batterham AO – chemical engineer; Chief Scientist of Australia (1999–2006)[1][15]
- Lt. Col Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny DSO VD – soldier, medical practitioner, pathologist, academic and hospital administrator[16][17][18]
- John Robertson Duigan MC – pioneer aviator who built and flew the first Australian-made aircraft[1][19][20]
- Brad McKay – doctor, author and host of Embarrassing Bodies Down Under
- Samuel McLaren – mathematician, mathematical physicist, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme[21]
- Ian Meredith AM – interventional cardiologist, Director of MonashHeart and Professor of Cardiology at Monash University[1]
Military
- Brigadier Lewis Ernest Stephen Barker CBE, DSO, MC – Australian Army officer who fought in both world wars[22]
- James Catanach – RAAF pilot and World War II PoW; took part in the 'Great Escape' in March 1944 but was re-captured and executed by the Gestapo
- Air Vice Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, CB, MC, DFC – Royal Flying Corps pilot in World War I, and senior Royal Air Force officer during World War II[18]
- William Grant CMG, DSO & Bar, VD – soldier and commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba[1][23]
- Peter Isaacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM – publisher and decorated military pilot[1][24]
- Major-General Cyril Lloyd CB, CBE – senior British Army officer during the Second World War[25]
- Brigadier John Lloyd CBE, DSO, MC & Bar – senior Australian Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars, farmer, and licensing magistrate[26]
- Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley "Jerry" Pentland MC, DFC, AFC – aviator, World War I fighter ace[27]
Politics and law
- William Adamson – grain merchant, Brighton City councillor (1897–1913), Brighton City Mayor (1901–1902) and Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1910–1922)[28]
- Sir Stanley Argyle KBE, , – former Premier of Victoria; Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Nationalist) for the seat of Toorak[1][29]
- Mordy Bromberg – Federal Court judge, and VFL footballer with St Kilda[1][30]
- John Gray - member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1904-1917) and longtime councillor[31]
- Kim Hargrave – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal[1]
- Clifford Hayes – Mayor of Bayside (2008-2010); member of the Victorian Legislative Council (2018-2022)
- Neville Read Hudson DFC – RAAF pilot during World War II and Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1976–1979)[32]
- Roy Morgan – pollster, market researcher, and Melbourne City councillor (1959–1974)[33]
- Roy Paton – farmer, President of Towong Shire Council (1929–1930, 1932–1933), Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1932–1947)[34]
- Sir Murray Victor Porter – Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly[35]
- Peter Reith – politician (Liberal); Minister in Howard Government (1996–2003); Member of the Australian House of Representatives for Flinders[1][36]
- John Ross – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1996–2002)[37]
- Michael Rozenes AO, QC – Chief judge of the County Court of Victoria (2002-2015)[1][38]
- Herbert Valentine Tarte – Fiji-born planter, and Member of the Legislative Council of Fiji (1920-1922)
- Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell CBE, DSO & Bar, ED – distinguished soldier, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1945-1955)[1][39]
Religion
- Horace Percy Finnis – Anglican priest and organist[40]
- Peter Thomson – Anglican priest notable for influencing Tony Blair while the two were classmates[1]
Sport
- Levi Ashcroft - AFL footballer with Brisbane[41]
- Will Ashcroft - AFL footballer with Brisbane, 2024 premiership player and Norm Smith Medal winner[42]
- Dylan Alcott AO – wheelchair tennis player, Paralympian and radio host[1][43]
- Gerry Balme – VFL footballer with St Kilda[44]
- Travis Brooks OAM – Olympic field hockey player[1]
- Louis Butler – AFL footballer with Western[45][41]
- Ben Canham – Australian representative rower[46]
- Bill Cannon – VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Warwick Capper – AFL footballer with Sydney and Brisbane[47][41]
- Josh Clayton – AFL footballer with Brisbane[48][41]
- Andrew Cooper – Olympic rower[1]
- Chris Dawes – AFL footballer with Collingwood and Melbourne[1][49][41]
- Jayden Hunt – AFL footballer with Melbourne and West Coast[50][41]
- Matthew Jackson - AFL footballer with St Kilda[41]
- Ben Jacobs – AFL footballer with Port Adelaide and North Melbourne[1][51][41]
- Josh Kelly – AFL footballer with GWS[1][52][41]
- Andrew Lauterstein – Olympic swimmer[1]
- Matthew Lloyd – Olympic cyclist[1]
- Cameron Mackenzie - AFL footballer with Hawthorn[53]
- Craig Marais – international field hockey player[54]
- Alex Mastromanno - American football player for Florida State[55]
- Archer May - AFL footballer for Essendon[56]
- Mat McBriar – American football player in the NFL[1][57]
- William C. McClelland CBE – VFL footballer, Victorian Football League President (1926-1956) and medical doctor[1][58]
- Andrew McGrath – AFL footballer with Essendon[1][59][41]
- Andrew McLean - AFL footballer with St Kilda[41]
- Gary Minihan – Olympic and Commonwealth sprinter, and Australian record holder for relay (since 1984)[1]
- Nathan Murphy – AFL footballer with Collingwood[60][41]
- Lieutenant-Colonel James Joachim Nicholas – VFL footballer with University; killed in action in World War I[61]
- Bill O'Hara – VFL footballer with St Kilda and surgeon[62]
- Archie Perkins – AFL footballer with Essendon[63][41]
- Andrew Plympton – sports administrator and President of St Kilda FC (1993–2000)[1][64]
- Harry Potter – rugby union player with Western Force[65]
- Will Pucovski – cricketer[1][66]
- Christian Salem – AFL footballer with Melbourne[1][41]
- Jack Shelton – VFL footballer with St Kilda and South Melbourne; killed in action at Tobruk in 1941
- David Shepherd – cricketer with Victoria and VFL footballer with St Kilda[1]
- Tommy Smith – international racing driver[67]
- Ivan Stedman – Olympic swimmer[68]
- Jock Sturrock MBE – yachtsman and Olympic sailor[1][69]
- Albert Thurgood – VFA, WAFA and VFL footballer with Essendon and Fremantle[1][70]
- Will Thursfield – AFL footballer with Richmond[41]
- Luke Trainor - AFL footballer with Richmond[41]
- Matthew Warnock – AFL footballer with Melbourne and Gold Coast[41]
- Robert Warnock – AFL footballer with Fremantle and Carlton[41]
- Jack Watts – AFL footballer with Melbourne and Port Adelaide; No. 1 Draft pick 2008[1][41]
- Julien Wiener – Test cricketer for Victoria[1]
- Harry Williams – golfer; Australian Amateur Champion in 1931 and 1937[71]
- David Wittey – AFL footballer with St Kilda and Sydney[41]
Misc
- James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart) – convicted murderer and suspected serial killer
Members of staff
- Weston Bate OAM - historian; taught History at BGS[72]
- Christian Jollie Smith – solicitor and co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia; taught English Literature at BGS (1919)[73]
- William Hancock – Anglican priest and vicar at St Andrew's Church, Brighton (1918–1928); was instrumental in acquiring BGS for the Anglican Church in 1924, and was chairman of the school's Council (1925–1935)[74]
- Ray Harper – VFL footballer with St Kilda, Carlton, and North Melbourne; taught at BGS[75]
- Michael McCarthy – VFL footballer with Hawthorn and Brisbane; taught Physical Education and Health at BGS[76]
- Simon McPhee - AFL football coach for St Kilda; football coach at BGS[77]
- Simon Newcomb OAM - Olympic rower; Director of Rowing at BGS[78]
- Robert Shaw - former AFL footballer for Essendon; football coach at BGS[59]
- Major General Victor Stantke, CBE – senior officer in the Australian Army during the First and Second World Wars; taught at BGS[79]
- Charles Henry Zercho – Anglican minister and VFA footballer with Essendon; resident master at BGS (1891–1892, and 1911–1913)[80]
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External links
- Brighton Grammar School website
- The Brighton Grammar School Hall of Fame
- Old Brighton Grammarians Society (alumni association)
- Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club (Victorian Amateur Football Association)