Keith Holden

Keith C. Holden
Personal information
Full name Keith C. Holden
Playing information
Position Centre

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Leigh
1958–61 Wigan 87 36 0 108
1960–63 Oldham 62 31 0 93
1963–64 Warrington 49 22 0 66
1965–68 Wigan 65 22 0 66
Blackpool Borough
Total 263 111 0 0 333
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1963 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Keith C. Holden is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Leigh (Heritage № 637),[2] Wigan (two spells), Warrington, and Blackpool Borough, as a centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.[1]

Playing career

Wigan

Holden signed for Wigan from Leigh in 1958 for a transfer fee of £6,660 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £340,000 in 2017).[3][4] He played in Wigan's victory in the Lancashire County League during the 1958–59 season,[5] and also played left-centre, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in Wigan's 30-13 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959 Challenge Cup Final during the 1958–59 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1959, in front of a crowd of 79,811 .[6]

Oldham

After nearly two years at Wigan, Holden moved to Oldham for a transfer fee of £7,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £337,200 in 2017).[3][4] He made 62 appearances for the club before joining Warrington.[7]

Warrington

Holden made 49 appearances for Warrington, scoring 22 tries.[8]

Return to Wigan

Holden returned to Wigan in 1965,[3] he played left-centre, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in the 20-16 victory over Hunslet in the 1965 Challenge Cup Final during the 1964–65 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 8 May 1965, in front of a crowd of 89,016.[9] Holden played left-centre, i.e. number 4, in Wigan's 16-13 victory over Oldham in the 1966 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton, on Saturday 29 October 1966.[10] He left Wigan in 1968 and joined Blackpool Borough.

International honours

Keith Holden won a cap for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1963 against Australia.[1]

Genealogical information

Keith Holden is the father of the rugby league scrum-half/halfback of the 1980s for Wigan, and Warrington; Keith Holden Jr.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at leighrl.co.uk". leighrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Holden is back at Wigan". The Guardian. London. 2 February 1965. p. 4. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. 1 2 "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "1958-1959 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Player Statistics". Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "1964-1965 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "1966-1967 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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