Jack Holland (rugby league)
 | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Frederick Holland | |||||
| Nickname | Dutchy | |||||
| Born | 19 August 1922 Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Died | 23 January 1994 (age 71) Brighton-Le-Sands, N.S.W. | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1947–52 | St. George | 87 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 87 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1948–51 | City NSW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1948–51 | New South Wales | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1948–50 | Australia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Jack Holland (1922-1994) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative forward, he played his club football in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for the St. George club.[1]
Career
Born in Sydney on Saturday, 19 August 1922, Holland served in the Army during World War II.[2] Commencing his first-grade NSWRFL Premiership playing career with St. George in 1947,[3] he was selected to represent New South Wales in 1948. In 1948 Holland was also first selected for the Australian national team, becoming Kangaroo No. 252.[4] He also went on the 1948-49 Kangaroo tour.[5] At the end of the 1949 NSWRFL season, Holland played for St. George at prop forward in their grand final victory against South Sydney. During the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, Holland was selected to play for the Sydney representative rugby league team that drew with the Les Chanticleers. After playing six seasons at St. George,the 1952 NSWRFL season was the last to feature Jack Holland.
Holland died in 1994, aged 71.[6]
References
- ↑ "Jack Holland". nrlstats.com. Sports Data. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "Jack Holland". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "Jack Holland". Rugby League Tables. stats.rleague.com. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ Australian Rugby League. "Australian Players Register" (PDF). Australian Rugby League - Annual Report 2005. secure.ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ↑ nma.gov.au. "Jack Holland's Kangaroos Australian Rugby League Jersey from the 1949 NZ Tour". Collections. National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ "Jack Holland". yesterdayshero.com.au. SmartPack International Pty Ltd. Retrieved 9 October 2012.