Reggie Cressbrook
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name = Reggie Cressbrook
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|position = {{rlp|FB}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|10|23|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Woorabinda, Queensland, Australia
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|club1 = North Queensland
|year1start = 1995
|year1end = 97
|appearances1 = 34
|tries1 = 5
|goals1 = 17
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 54
|retired = yes
|source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/reggie-cressbrook/summary.html RLP]
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Reggie Cressbrook (born 23 October 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. Primarily a {{rlp|fb}}, he was a foundation player for the North Queensland Cowboys
Playing career
Born and raised in Woorabinda, Queensland, Cressbrook is the first (and so far only) person from the small Aboriginal community to play first grade rugby league.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/lhqnews/walking-a-long-and-rocky-road-to-nrl-dream/2009/05/14/1241894116263.html|title=Walking a long and Rocky road to NRL dream – LHQNews – smh.com.au|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
In Round 15 of the 1995 ARL season, he made his first grade debut in the Cowboys' first ever home win, a 31-12 victory over the Western Suburbs Magpies. He finished his rookie season with 8 appearances and five goals. In 1996, he played 15 games for the Cowboys, scoring two tries and kicking 12 goals for 32 points, finishing as the club's second highest point scorer. In 1997, his final season with the club, he played 11 games, scoring three tries.
Following his departure from the Cowboys, Cressbrook played for the Townsville Stingers, Burleigh Bears and Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup, playing a total of 143 games between 1998 and 2006, scoring 89 tries and kicking 366 goals for 1,089 points.{{cite web|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/intrust-super-cup/statistics-club-records.html|title=Statistics / Club Records|publisher=National Rugby League Digital|last=Media}} He played in five Grand Finals, winning two with Burleigh in 1999 and 2004. As of 2020, he currently holds Burleigh's most points (964) and most tries (69) records.{{cite web|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/intrust-super-cup/clubs/burleigh-bears-profile.html|title=Burleigh Bears Profile|publisher=National Rugby League Digital|last=Media}} In 2015, he was named at centre in the QRL's Queensland Cup 20th Anniversary Team.{{cite web|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/intrust-super-cup/anniversary-team.html|title=Anniversary Team|publisher=National Rugby League Digital|last=Media}}
Achievements and accolades
=Individual=
Statistics
=ARL/SL=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:85%;" | |||||
| width=2%|Season
!width=8%|Team !width=2%|Matches !width=2%|T !width=2%|G !width=2%|GK % !width=2%|F/G !width=2%|Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal"|1995
|style="text-align:center;"|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} North Queensland |8||0||5||62.5||0||10 | |||||
| style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal"|1996 |style="text-align:center;"|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} North Queensland |15 | 2 | 12 | 60.0 | 0 | 32 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal"|1997
|style="text-align:center;"|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} North Queensland |11||3||0||—||0||12 | |||||
| class="sortbottom"
! colspan=2|Career totals ! 34 ! 5 ! 17 ! 60.7 ! 0 ! 54 |
Post-playing career
In 2017, Cressbrook returned to Woorabinda to coach the Woorabinda Warriors A-Grade side.{{cite web|url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/look-who-is-back-from-the-brink/3118294/|title=Look who is back from the brink|first=Matty|last=Holdsworth}}{{cite web|url=https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/cressbrook-returns-to-where-it-all-began-woorie/3118259/|title=Cressbrook returns to where it all began, Woorie|first=Matty|last=Holdsworth}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Burleigh Bears squad - 1999 Queensland Cup premiers}}
{{Burleigh Bears squad - 2004 Queensland Cup premiers}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Burleigh Bears players
Category:Indigenous Australian rugby league players
Category:North Queensland Cowboys players
Category:Rugby league fullbacks