Paul Khan
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Paul Khan | |
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | |
| Nickname(s) | Genghis | |
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1975-1981 | Cronulla Sharks | 120 (42) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1973 1978 1981-1982 |
Queensland New South Wales Queensland Maroons |
1 (0) ? 4 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Paul Khan is an Australian former rugby league player. He was a state representative for both New South Wales and Queensland with his first grade club career played with the Cronulla Sharks.
[edit] Club & representative career
While playing for Queensland Colts, in 1973 Khan was selected for Queensland in the interstate series against New South Wales. He was graded in 1974 with Brisbane Norths whose coach Tommy Bishop recommended him to the Cronulla Sharks in Sydney where he spent the 1975 season. He had a stint in England with Castleford in 1976-1977 and returned to Cronulla for the 1978 season and played in that year's Grand Final and the Grand Final Replay. He played further seasons with Cronulla up till the end of 1981 totalling 120 appearances for the club. He returned to Brisbane in 1982 for a season with Brisbane Easts. He was first selected for NSW in 1978 under the residential criteria. In the single 1981 State of Origin match played under the new Origin selection criteria he was one of four New South Wales based players called on by Queensland. He played in all three games of the 1982 series.
He is one of the relatively rare number of players to have represented both Queensland and New South Wales and one of the rare foundation Origin representatives whose NSW appearance was bookended by selections for Queensland.
[edit] External links
- Paul Khan at the State of Origin official website.
