Henry Holloway (rugby league)
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Born | Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia | 20 March 1931|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 August 1999 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged 68)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Holloway (1931–1999) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. A national representative forward, he played club football in New South Wales and Queensland and represented both states. Holloway later coached in Brisbane.
Career
[edit]Holloway served in Japan in 1950 with the RAAF. At the end of the 1954 NSWRFL season, Holloway's first with Newtown,[3] he played at second-row forward in their loss to South Sydney in the grand final. During the following season, Holloway was selected to represent Australia against the touring French team, becoming Kangaroo No. 315.[4] At the end of the 1955 NSWRFL season he again played at second-row forward in the grand final which Newtown lost to Souths by one point.
Holloway then moved north, as captain/coach for Waratah Mayfield Cheetahs in the Newcastle Rugby League in 1958[5] and joining the Brisbane Rugby League's Souths club.[6] In 1959, Holloway played in the Queensland victory over New South Wales that attracted 35,261 spectators, smashing Brisbane's previous record for an interstate match of 22,817.[7] In 1960, he was captain-coach of Souths. He also played for the Brisbane team in the Bulimba Cup.[8] Holloway later captain-coached the Redcliffe club from 1963 to 1966,[9] winning the grand final with them in 1965.
Holloway later coached the Fortitude Valley club, taking them to premiership victories in 1970 and 1974.[10] He coached a combined Brisbane side to the final of the 1979 Amco Cup.[11] During the 1970s and 1980s, Holloway coached the Wynnum Manly Seagulls.[12]
Holloway died in Brisbane, on 5 August 1999 aged 68.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Rugby League Project Coaches
- ^ "Henry Holloway". yesterdayshero.com.au. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Kangaroos Register". australianrugbyleague.com.au. ARL. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ newcastle.com.au (11 February 2008). "Newcastle Rugby League – Team of the Century". The Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ qrl.com.au. "Queensland Representative Players". History. Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Goodman, Tom (28 May 1959). "Queensland beats N.S.W. in league by 17-15". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Winger's 21 Points". The Sun-Herald. 17 April 1960. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "First Grade Captains and Coaches". redcliffedolphins.com.au. Redcliffe Dolphins. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Whiticker, Alan, Hudson, Glen (2006). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Australia: Gary Allen Publishing. p244.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Curran, Brian (16 August 1979). "Cronulla all the way in Cup final". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Club History". wynnumseagulls.com.au. Wynnum Manly Seagulls. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Whiticker, Alan, Hudson, Glen (2006). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Australia: Gary Allen Publishing. p244.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Published sources
[edit]- Whiticker, Alan; Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
- 1931 births
- 1999 deaths
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Australian rugby league players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Brisbane rugby league team coaches
- Newtown Jets players
- City New South Wales rugby league team players
- Queensland rugby league team players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Souths Logan Magpies players
- Redcliffe Dolphins coaches
- Redcliffe Dolphins players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Wynnum Manly Seagulls coaches
- Australian rugby league biography, 1930s birth stubs