{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Hector William Brisbane |fullname = |image = File:Portrait photograph of Hec Brisbane.png |image_size = 150 |caption = |position = {{rlp|CE|SO}} |birth_date = 19 November 1904 |birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand |death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1963|3|26|1904|11|19}} |death_place = Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand |height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|11|st|9|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |club1 = Marist Old Boys |year1start = 1923 |year1end = 34 |appearances1 = 155 |tries1 = 61 |goals1 = 3 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 189 |teamA = Auckland |yearAstart = 1923 |yearAend = 33 |appearancesA = 14 |triesA = 9 |goalsA = 1 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 29 |teamB = New Zealand |yearBstart = 1924 |yearBend = 32 |appearancesB = 50 (10) |triesB = 21 (5) |goalsB = 6 (0) |fieldgoalsB = 0 (0) |pointsB = 75 (15) |teamC = Auckland Province |yearCstart = 1924 |yearCend = |appearancesC = 1 |triesC = 1 |goalsC = 0 |fieldgoalsC = 0 |pointsC = 3 |teamD = North Island |yearDstart = 1928 |yearDend = 32 |appearancesD = 5 |triesD = 7 |goalsD = 0 |fieldgoalsD = 0 |pointsD = 21 |teamE = New Zealand XIII |yearEstart = 1928 |yearEend = |appearancesE = 1 |triesE = 1 |goalsE = 0 |fieldgoalsE = 0 |pointsE = 3 |updated = |source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Hector-Brisbane/summary.html|title=Hector Brisbane - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|first=Shawn Dollin and Andrew|last=Ferguson|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref> |new = yes }}
'''Hector Brisbane''' (1904–1963) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
==Playing career== thumb|The 1928 NZ team with Brisbane in the front row on the left.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.thumb
left|450pxthumbHe 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.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC&q=hec+brisbane+rugby+league&pg=PA85|title=100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008|first1=John Oliver|last1=Coffey|first2=Bernie|last2=Wood|date=8 October 2017|publisher=Huia Publishers|access-date=8 October 2017|via=Google Books|page=85|isbn=9781869693312}}</ref> thumb|The NZ team to tour England and Wales in 1926-27 with Hec Brisbane in the 2nd from top row, 2nd from left.thumb|Brisbane with the ball after a break in the 3rd test against England in 1928 at Christchurch. He is looking to pass to Stan Prentice, with Craddock Dufty on his outside.thumb|Marist in 1927.
left|550pxDuring 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/new-zealand-vs-england-1932/game-3/new-zealand-vs-england/summary.html|title=New Zealand vs England 1932 Series - Game 3 - Rugby League Project|first=Shawn Dollin and Andrew|last=Ferguson|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref>
At the end of the 1934 season Brisbane had decided to retire and Marist played a benefit match in his honour against Newton Rangers.
==Personal life and death== {{Unsourced|section|date=July 2023}} 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).
Hec married Christina Slater Brisbane in 1940. She died in 1957.
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844–1963|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR8-74DJ|website=FamilySearch|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|accessdate=12 January 2025|quote=Entry for Hector William Brisbane and Hazel Christmas, 27 March 1963}}</ref>
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