Greg Holben

Greg Holben

Personal information
Born	(1951-08-03) 3 August 1951[1]
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Easts (Brisbane)
	Brothers (Brisbane)
	Total	0	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1982	Queensland	1	0	0	0	0

Greg Holben is an Australian retired rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s. 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

He scored the dramatic last-minute try to win the 1978 Brisbane Rugby Grand Final for Easts.^[4]

Holben was selected for Queensland as a reserve in Game II of the 1982 State of Origin series.^[5]

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

v t e Eastern Suburbs Tigers squad - 1978 BRL premiers 1. Rodger Kuhn 2. Brad Backer 3. Frank Roddy 4. Mark Payne 5. John Callus 6. Greg Holben 7. Wayne Lindenberg 8. Bruce McLeod 9. John Lang 10. Rod Morris 11. Des Morris (Ca./Co.) 12. John Abbott 13. Alan Currie

v t e Eastern Suburbs Tigers squad - 1977 BRL premiers 1. Rodger Kuhn 2. John Callus 3. Steve Farquhar 4. Greg Holben 5. Steve Stacey 6. Wayne Woods 7. Wayne Lindenberg 8. Geoff Naylor 9. John Lang 10. Rod Morris 11. Des Morris (Ca./Co.) 12. John Abbott 13. Alan Currie

Persondata
Name	Holben, Greg
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Short description	Australian rugby league player
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