Graham Olling

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Graham Olling
Personal information
Full nameGraham Lindsay Olling
Born (1948-07-19) 19 July 1948 (age 76)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1972–74 Easts (Sydney)143009
1975–80 Parramatta Eels 88110033
1981Temora
Total102140042
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1977–78 New South Wales 31003
1978 Australia 60000
1981 Country NSW 10000
Coaching information
Club
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1988–89 Redcliffe Dolphins

Graham Olling is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia international and New South Wales interstate representative forward, he played his club football mainly in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for Parramatta and Eastern Suburbs. [1]

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Playing career

A Parramatta junior, Olling won a Second Division premiership with Wentworthville in 1971 before entering the NSWRFL Premiership with the Eastern Suburbs club the following year. [2] There he played for three seasons before moving back to Parramatta. [3] At the end of the 1976 NSWRFL season he was part of a forward pack which included Ray Higgs, Geoff Gerard, Ron Hilditch, Denis Fitzgerald and Ray Price, which lost the Eels' maiden grand final 13–10 to Manly-Warringah. [4] The following year he played in the drawn grand final with St. George and its replay.

In 1977 Olling made headlines when he became the first rugby league player to admit to taking anabolic steroids. [5] It was a six-week course taken under medical supervision in the off-season and was not illegal at the time. [6] During 1978 he was selected to play for New South Wales against Queensland and then became Kangaroo No. 506 [7] when he made his international début against the visiting New Zealand side. At the end of that season Olling was selected to go on the 1978 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, playing in Test matches against both nations. A broken leg reduced the amount of football Olling played in 1980 and he left Sydney.

Coaching career

Olling captain-coached Temora in 1981. He later moved to Brisbane and replaced Darryl van der Velde as coach the Redcliffe Dolphins, spending the 1988 and 1989 seasons in the role. [8] He was then replaced by Mark Murray.

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References

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  2. ↑ Whiticker, Alan. "Graeme Olling". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Graham Olling". Yesterday's Hero. Smartpack International. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Howlett, Scott (3 October 2009). "The guys were copping a pounding, but they didn't stop". Parramatta Advertiser. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Curtin, Jennie (11 July 1998). "Simply the Best". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Heads, Ian (21 June 1998). "Risk vs reward". The Sun-Herald . Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Kangaroos Register". australianrugbyleague.com.au. ARL. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "First Grade Captains and Coaches". redcliffedolphins.com.au. Redcliffe Dolphins . Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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