Keith Holden
{{Short description|GB international rugby league footballer (1937–2006)}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Keith Holden
|fullname = Charles Keith Holden
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1937|7|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Wigan, England
|death_date = {{death date and age|2006|9|10|1937|7|31|df=y}}
|death_place = Wigan, England
|height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
|weight = {{convert|14|st|4|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|position = {{rlp|CE}}
|club1 = Leigh
|year1start = 1954
|year1end = 58
|appearances1 = 142
|tries1 = 58
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 174
|club2 = Wigan
|year2start = 1958
|year2end = 61
|appearances2 = 87
|tries2 = 36
|goals2 = 0
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 108
|club3 = Oldham
|year3start = 1960
|year3end = 63
|appearances3 = 62
|tries3 = 31
|goals3 = 0
|fieldgoals3 = 0
|points3 = 93
|club4 = Warrington
|year4start = 1963
|year4end = 64
|appearances4 = 49
|tries4 = 22
|goals4 = 0
|fieldgoals4 = 0
|points4 = 66
|club5 = Wigan
|year5start = 1965
|year5end = 68
|appearances5 = 65
|tries5 = 22
|goals5 = 0
|fieldgoals5 = 0
|points5 = 66
|club6 = Blackpool Borough
|year6start = 1968
|year6end = 70
|appearances6 = 29
|tries6 = 2
|goals6 = 0
|fieldgoals6 = 0
|points6 = 6
|teamA = Lancashire
|yearAstart = 1959
|yearAend = 64
|appearancesA = 2
|triesA = 1
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 3
|teamB = Great Britain
|yearBstart = 1963
|yearBend =
|appearancesB = 1
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|retired = yes
|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/keith-holden/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{Rugby league records |id=8963 |title=Keith Holden |access-date=12 March 2024}}
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Charles Keith Holden (31 July 1937 – 10 September 2006) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Leigh,{{cite web|url=https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/team_member/holden-keith|title=Statistics at leighrl.co.uk|publisher=leighrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}} Wigan (two spells),{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1822|title=Heritage Numbers - In Debut Order|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202014115/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=1822|url-status=dead}} Oldham RLFC, Warrington and Blackpool Borough, as a {{rlp|ce}}.
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Background
Keith Holden was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England on 31 July 1937. He was the father of the rugby league {{rlp|sh}} who played in the 1980s for Wigan and Warrington, Keith Holden Jr.
Keith Holden died in Wigan on 10 September 2006, at the age of 69.{{cite web |title=Mr Charles Keith Holden |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/6257309:60630?tid=&pid=&queryId=b66d2d89-66d4-44d0-92d5-f0514ab99301&_phsrc=Dqh7259&_phstart=successSource |publisher=England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2022 |access-date=7 February 2024}}
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).{{cite news|title=Holden is back at Wigan|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 February 1965|location=London|page=4|id={{ProQuest|185037784}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare|title=Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds|publisher=Measuring Worth|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015}} He played in Wigan's victory in the Lancashire League during the 1958–59 season,{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=537|title=Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-date=29 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110729070144/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=537|url-status=dead}} and also played left-{{rlp|ce}} 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 .{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=437|title=1958-1959 Challenge Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222948/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=437|url-status=dead}}
=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). He made 62 appearances for the club before joining Warrington.{{cite web|title=Player Statistics|url=http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_h.htm|work=Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust|accessdate=27 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723020111/http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/HTML%20docs/player_stats_h.htm|archive-date=23 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
=Warrington=
Holden made 49 appearances for Warrington, scoring 22 tries.{{cite web|url=http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/results.asp?code=496|title=Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014422/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/results.asp?code=496|url-status=dead}}
=Return to Wigan=
Holden returned to Wigan in 1965, he played left-{{rlp|ce}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=439|title=1964-1965 Challenge Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004343/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=439|url-status=dead}} Holden played left-{{rlp|ce}} in Wigan's 16-13 victory over Oldham in the 1966 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton, on Saturday 29 October 1966.{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=440|title=1966-1967 Lancashire Cup Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170330/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=440|url-status=dead}} 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.
References
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External links
- [http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=537 Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715191242/http://wigan.rlfans.com/readarticle.php?article_id=537 |date=2011-07-15 }}
{{Wigan - 1958–59 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
{{Wigan - 1959–60 Championship Final winners}}
{{Wigan - 1964–65 Challenge Cup Final winners}}
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Category:Blackpool Borough players
Category:English rugby league players
Category:Great Britain national rugby league team players
Category:Lancashire rugby league team players
Category:Leigh Leopards players
Category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players
Category:Rugby league players from Wigan
Category:Warrington Wolves players