Noel Hollingdale
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Noel Hollingdale (died January 2000) (Sydney - Australia) was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.
Hollingdale played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the years 1938-42. A Hooker, Hollingdale played in 53 matches for the club. In 1940 he was a member of Easts' premiership winning team that defeated Canterbury Bankstown 24-14. He also played in two other premiership deciding matches, he was in the side that went down to Canterbury in 1938 - giving that club its first premiership. And in 1941 he was a member of the Easts' side that was defeated by St George in that year's decider, coincidentally it was also that clubs first premiership.
Hollingdale passed away in January 2000.
[edit] References
- Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2000). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 609. ISBN 9781877082931.
- Rugby League yearbook: Middleton