Steve Sharp (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Brian Sharp | |||||
| Born | 11 September 1957 Paddington, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1979–90 | Parramatta Eels | 164 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Steve Sharp (born 11 September 1957) is an Australian rugby league football administrator and former professional player, who was previously chairman of the Parramatta Eels club, with whom he played and won three premierships in the 1980s.
Sharp started playing in Sydney's New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership for the Parramatta Eels club during the 1979 NSWRFL season.[1] He was selected as one of Parramatta's reserves in the 1981 NSWRFL season's grand final, in which they defeated the Newtown Jets to claim their maiden premiership. Sharp was selected to play for the Eels at second-row forward in the 1982 NSWRFL season's grand final victory over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. At the end of the 1983 NSWRFL season Parramatta again faced Manly in the grand final and again Sharp played at second-row forward in the Eels victory, making it three consecutive premierships for the club. He was selected to play for the Eels as a reserve in the 1984 NSWRL season's grand final which was lost to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[2] When the newly-build Parramatta Stadium hosted its first match in 1986, Sharp scored the first try there.[3] The 1990 NSWRL season was his last in first grade.
In May 2013 Sharp was elected Chairman of the Parramatta Eels board, replacing Roy Spagnolo.[4]
References
- ↑ "Steve Sharp". nrlstats.com. Sports Data. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ Whiticker, Alan. "Steve Sharp". rugbyleagueproject.org. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ "Steve Sharp". yesterdayshero.com.au. SmartPack International. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ Ritchie, Dean (13 May 2013). "New Parramatta chairman Steve Sharp vows to again make Eels club for the people". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 October 2013.