High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Raper, MBE (born 12 April 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was a lock forward for the Australia national team. He had a record 33 test caps between 1959 and 1968 and played in 6 World Cup games between 1960 to 1968. Raper captained Australia on 8 occasions in 1967–68 and played in eight consecutive NSWRFL grand final victories for the St. George Dragons club. He has since been named as one of the nation`s finest footballers of the 20th century.