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John Elias was born on 10 December, 1963 in Beirut, Lebanon, is a Lebanese-Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. Discover John Elias's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 10 December 1963
Birthday 10 December
Birthplace Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality Lebanon

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1963

John Elias (Arabic: جون إلياس; born 10 December 1963) is a Lebanese-Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach.

1980

During the 1980s and 1990s he played for clubs in Sydney, Brisbane, England and France where he also coached.

Elias also played and coached for the Lebanon national team.

Elias was born in Beirut, Lebanon.

As a child, along with his two older brothers and sister, he was taken by his mother to Sydney following the death of his father.

There he became an Australian citizen.

1983

After starting his first grade career with the Newtown Jets in their final season in 1983, Elias then played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1984.

1985

The following season he moved north, and in the 1985 Brisbane Rugby League season's grand final for the Wayne Bennett-coached Souths Magpies, Elias was named man-of-the-match for his performance in a shock 10-8 victory over Wally Lewis' Wynnum-Manly Seagulls.

1986

Elias joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 1986 but departed from the club mid-way through the season to join the Western Suburbs Magpies.

1987

Early in the 1987 Winfield Cup season, Elias was sent off for a high tackle in a match against North Sydney Bears.

1988

He joined the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1988.

Early in the 1988 Winfield Cup season while playing for Easts, Elias' jaw was fractured in a tackle during the first minutes of a match against Balmain.

1989

Part-way through the 1989 NSWRL season, he left Eastern Suburbs to join the Balmain Tigers club, where he stayed until 1994.

1994

Elias left Balmain to re-join the Rabbitohs mid-way through the 1994 Winfield Cup season.

That season Elias was involved in a match-fixing plot that involved four players from his Souths team and four players from Wests.

1995

Elias was jailed for nine months in 1995 after pleading guilty in the NSW District Court to two counts of supplying amphetamines, one count of possessing F1 sub-machinegun parts and one count of possessing prohibited articles, namely military-style flak vests.

1997

Elias was the inaugural captain of the Lebanese rugby league team when they made their début in the 1997 World Sevens tournament, going on to reach the quarter-finals.

He later travelled to France to play for Avignon and Toulouse.

1999

Elias was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1999 at age 38, but postponed chemotherapy to play an international match for Lebanon against France.

Later he underwent surgery to remove a tennis-ball sized lymphoma which had burst inside his stomach, forcing him into retirement.

2000

Instead of being Lebanon's captain for their campaign to join the 2000 World Cup, he served as their coach.

Elias was refused entry into the United States for Lebanon's 2000 World Cup qualifier match due to his previous firearms conviction.

2002

Elias coached French club Pia Donkeys in 2002 and 2003, taking them from last in the competition to runners-up, before returning to Australia.

2004

In 2004 Elias was facing up to 25 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of maliciously shooting his business partner in the leg.

He ended up serving four years in prison.

2008

In 2008, following Elias' release from prison, it was reported that he and Arthur Beetson, who had advised Elias during the 2000 World Cup, were preparing a bid for a rugby league coaching job in Europe.

2009

In June 2009, following the conviction of Greg Bird, Elias wrote an article published by News Limited detailing his time in prison.

That year Elias coached Lebanon in the 2009 European Cup tournament.

2010

In 2010 Elias published his book, Sin Bin: The Untold Story of a True Footy Bad Boy, which detailed his life of football and crime.

2011

In the 2011 pre-season, he was arrested under suspicion of involvement in the 2010 spot fixing case perpetrated by Ryan Tandy, but was found not guilty.

2014

In August 2014 Elias was found guilty of assault and given a five-month suspended jail sentence.