OK... this was originally sourced from this thread but I have added loads more:
Players from Australia 1908 - 1950
H.H. 'Dally' Messenger
Albert Rosenfeld
Bill Hardcastle
Vic Armbruster
Albert Asher*
Pat Walsh
Ray Stehr
Arthur Oxford
Harold Horder
Frank Burge
Alex Burdon
Joe 'Chimpy' Busch
Roy Bull
Benny Wearing
Dave Brown
George Carstairs
Albert 'Rickety' Johnston
Brian Bevan
Jack Lindwall
Duncan Thompson
Frank Hyde
Sid 'Joe' Pearce Jnr
Herb Steinohrt
Tom Gorman
Jack Raynor
Bill Farnsworth
Viv Farnsworth
Vic Hey
George Treweek
Eddie Burns
Ron Roberts
Len Smith
Charles 'Chook' Fraser
Dan Frawley
Herb Gilbert
Charlie 'Saus' Hazleton
Herb Narvo
*who is Albert Asher?
Players from Australia 1951 - 1980
Graeme Langlands
Clive Churchill
Johnny Raper
Bob Fulton
Reg Gasnier
Steve Rogers
Kevin Ryan
John O'Niell
Harry Bath
Noel Kelly
Rex Mossop
(Dr) George Peponis
Max Krilich
Greg Pierce
(Fr) John Cootes
Dick Huddart
Johnny King
Ken Kearney
Keith Barnes
Ian Walsh
Kieth Holman
Bob McCarthy
Ron Coote
Norm Provan
Ken Thornett
Dick Thornett
Arthur Summons
Billy Smith
John Sattler
Arthur Beetson
Ted Goodwin
Noel Cleary
Eric Grothe
Duncan Hall
Barry Muir
John Peard
Alex Watson
Dud Beattie
Johnny Lang
Les Johns
Brian Davies
Les Cowie
Michael Cronin
Frank 'Bumper' Farrell
Eddie Lumsden
Noel Pidding
Dick Poole
Tommy Raudonikis
Eric Simms
Mark Harris
Ron Hilditch
Billy Wilson
Brian 'Poppa' Clay
Ken Wilson
Greg Alexander
Les Boyd
Brian Carlson
Michael Cleary
Greg Brentnall (j/k - this one for Moffo
)
Norm Pope (Valleys, Wests)
Bill Pearson (Norths)
Fonda Metassa (Norths)
Marty Scanlan (Valleys)
Des Morris (Easts, W/Manly)
Peter Lobegeiger (Norths, Easts)
Henry Holloway (Valleys, Redcliffe)
Hugh O'Doherty (Valleys)
Leon "Moose" McGuire (Valleys)
Tony Obst (Redcliffe)
Ian Thinee (Redcliffe)
Ian "Bunny" Pearce (Redcliffe)
Peter Leis (Redcliffe)
Noel "Chips" Harrington (Souths, Brothers)
Greg "Slippery" McCarthy (Wests)
Bob Green (Wests)
Norm Carr (Wests,Souths)
Rodger "The Dodger" Kuhn (Wests, Easts)
Wayne Lindenberg (Easts)
Bruce Astill (Souths)
Campbell "Zulu" Dewes (Norths, W/Manly)
"Smokin" Joe Kilroy (Norths, Brothers)
Peter Coyne (Valleys)
Siegfried "Ziggy" Strasser (Norths, Valleys)
Darryl "Tank" Duncan (Norths)
Craig Bowen (Wests)
Players from Australia 1981 - 2002
Russell Fairfax
Steve Mortimer
Steve Morris
Rod Reddy
Laurie Daley
Wally Lewis
Steve Roach
Rod Wishart
Andrew Ettinghausen
Mal Meninga
Nathan Blacklock
Gene Miles
Wayne Pearce
Glenn Lazarus
Peter Sterling
Peter Jackson
Steve Renouf
Andrew Johns
Brad Fittler
Ian Roberts
Tim Brasher
Brad Mackay
Mark Coyne
Ricky Stuart
Geoff Toovey
Jason Taylor
Michael O'Connor
Brett Kenny
Wayne Miller
Ray Price
Terry Lamb
Ricky Walford
Larry Corowa
Anthony Mundine
Allan Langer
Wally Lewis
Sam Backo
John 'Chicka' Ferguson
Bob Lindner
Paul Harragon
Ben Elias
Paul McGregor
Paul Sironen
Wendall Sailor
Kevin Walters
Kerrod Walters
Steve Walters
Graeme Wynn
Peter Wynn
Craig Young
Kerry Boustead
Willie Carne
Bradley Clyde
Steve Ella
Mario Fenech
Mark Geyer
Scott Gourley
Billy Moore
Greg Dowling (well... if Ozbash is gunna have Kevin Tamati,
we must have his sparing partner in there with him
)
Players from Great Britain 1908 - 1950
Albert Goldthorpe
Bert Jenkins
James Leytham
James Lomas
Gus Risman
Martin Hodgson
Harold Wagstaffe
Billy Batten
Jonty Parkin
Jim Sullivan
Players from Great Britain 1951 - 1980
Tommy Bishop
Dick Huddart
Alex Murphy
Mick Sullivan
Kenny Gee
Lewis Jones
Billy Boston
Alan Prescott
Vince Karalius
Neil Fox
Roger Millward
Mal Reilly
Colin Dixon
David Watkins
Clive Sullivan
Mick Stephenson
Brian Edgar
Players from Great Britain 1981 - 2002
Ellery Hanley
Dennis Betts
Martin Offiah
Bobby Goulding
Garry Schofield
Joe Lydon
Des Drummond
Tony Myler
Andy Gregory
Kevin Ward
Lee Crooks
Andy Platt
Jonathan Davies
Shaun Edwards
Gary Connolly
Kris Radlinski
Players from NZ 1908 - 1940
A.H.Baskerville
G.W.Smith
H.S.Turtil
J.C.Gleeson
Lance Todd
JR Wynyard
WT Wynard
Geo Smith
Opai Asher
Steve Watene
Bert Avery
Players from NZ 1941 - 1980
Bill Mountford
Ces Mountford
Cyril Eastlake
Frank Mulcare
George Menzies
Mel Cooke
Maunga Emery
Tony Krilitich
Kenny Stirling
Murray Eade
John Greengrass
Roy Christianson
Henry Tatana
Players from NZ 1981 - 2002
Gary Freeman
Brent Todd
Darryll Halligan
Mathew Ridge
Hugh McGahan
Mark Graham
Denis Williams
Olsen Filipaina
Mark Graham
Dane O'Hara
Kevin Tamati
Mark Broadhurst
Garry Prohm
Gary Freeman
Henry Paul
Rob Paul
Darryl Halligan
Tawera Nikau
Vai'iga Tuigamala
Brent Todd
Jarrod McCracken
Players from other countries 1908 - 2002
Tas Batieri
Puig Aubert (France)
Apisai Toga (Fiji)
Adrian Lam (PNG, not retired yet?)
Marcus Bai
Jean Dop (France)
Tom Van Vollenhoven (South Africa)
One thing I've noticed is that there is a few local heroes running through the thread.
Its up to you Kiwi but imo, heroes (be they local or otherwise) is what 'legends' are made of.
Its all looks good to me.
We almost forgot few true legends. eg, Tommy Bishop, Benny Wearing, Steve Rogers, Mick Cronin, Ken Irvine, Rex Mossop to name but a few. I put them in plus about 50 more.
I have no doubt that there are still some others which were worthy of mention.
I hope the ordered list saves some effort but imo, you still have your work cut out for
you. For instance, we should have the teams the players played for in brackets after their names.
But thats just an idea... did you get the book I sent?
In any case, if it only takes you 'two hours' then you're a champion.
For the record, I also scanned back through old LWOS forums looking for relevant posts. ie, forummers who mentioned players before with legendary overtones.
Additionally, I went through my books which are top heavy with Australian content, but fortunately, the forum has thrown up a number of GB, NZ, Pacific and French names as well.
btw, for future reference, which LWOS section is this thread in?