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
Playing career
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
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
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 0-7022-3383-8.