Greg Holben
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| Born | 3 August 1951[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greg Holben is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A Queensland State of Origin representative utility back, he played his in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Eastern Suburbs (winning the 1977 and 1978 grand finals with them) and Brothers clubs.[3]
Playing career
[edit]An Eastern Suburbs junior, Holben was also a goal-kicker. He played for the first grade side that won the 1977 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final, kicking four goals.[4]
He scored the dramatic last-minute try to win the 1978 Brisbane Rugby Grand Final for Easts.[5]
Holben was selected for Queensland as a reserve in Game II of the 1982 State of Origin series.[6]
Post-playing
[edit]Holben took up coaching after retiring from the playing field and later became the Chairman of Selectors at the Eastern Suburbs Tigers, a position he held for several years.
The Easts Tigers club celebrated its 75th birthday reunion by naming an all-star 25 at an "outstanding" dinner in 2008, which included Holben.
References
[edit]- ^ "Queensland Representative Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Greg Holben at fogs.com.au
- ^ Rugby League News (20 September 1987). "1977 BRISBANE RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL". queensland.rleague.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Staff writer (10 June 2008). "Roll call of club legends". South-East Advertiser. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- ^ Gallaway, Jack (2003). Origin: Rugby League's Greatest Contest 1980-2002. Australia: University of Queensland Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-7022-3383-8.