1. Herbert Walt Steinohrt was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s as a front row forward for the Australian national team.
14 Facts About Herb Steinohrt
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Herb Steinohrt played in 9 Tests between 1928 and 1932 as captain on 3 occasions.
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Herb Steinohrt has been widely regarded as one of the greatest forwards in rugby league history, being named in the "Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century", Australian rugby league's 100 greatest players and Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.
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Herb Steinohrt was born in Pittsworth, Queensland in 1899, but was of German descent.
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Herb Steinohrt and his ten brothers and sisters were born to German farmer, Peter Frederick Mathias Steinohrt and mother Wilhelmina, nee Schemioneck.
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Later Herb Steinohrt moved to Toowoomba because he was invited to play in the Toowoomba Rugby League, to play for the Toowoomba Clydesdales, while working for a local sawmill.
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Herb Steinohrt was incredibly loyal to the Clydesdales and was a versatile player having originally played as centre or wing, before switching to the forwards as prop, but could play second-row or lock.
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Herb Steinohrt was graded by the Valleys club of the Toowoomba rugby League in 1922 as a centre but soon moved to the forwards.
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Herb Steinohrt was known throughout his career for his uncompromising heavy tackling style.
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Aged 29 in 1928 Herb Steinohrt was selected to play for the Australian team.
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Herb Steinohrt was the last Queensland based player to captain a Kangaroo Tour until Wally Lewis did so in 1986.
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Herb Steinohrt coached Toowoomba and various Queensland representative sides into the 1970s and was a selector for the Australian test team in 1946.
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In February 2008, Herb Steinohrt was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Herb Steinohrt was named at front row forward in the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.