Post-playing
In 1988 Brian Bevan was inducted in to the British Rugby League Hall of Fame. The 'wing wizard', as he is commonly referred, died in Southport, England in 1991, aged 66. Thousands turned up for his memorial service a month later which was held on the pitch at Wilderspool Stadium which was at the time the home of Warrington RLFC.
Bevan was featured on a British stamp in 1995, one of a series of five to commemorate the centenary of Rugby League. In September, 2005 he was also inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame. He is the only player to have been so doubly honoured. A statue of him was erected in the middle of a roundabout close to Warrington's old Wilderspool ground. This was moved to the club's new ground when they relocated to the Halliwell Jones Stadium in 2004, which also includes a mural showing Bevan's face made from 'Primrose and Blue' bricks, the traditional Warrington colours. Brian Bevan became a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.
In February 2008, Bevan was named in a list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. Bevan went on to be named as one of the wingers, along with Ken Irvine, in Australian rugby league's Team of the Century. Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.
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