Darryl van der Velde

Darryl van de Velde

Playing information
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Souths (Brisbane)
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1977	Queensland	1
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
	Redcliffe
1988–93	Castleford	184	111	6	67	60
1993	London Crusaders
19??–??	Huddersfield Giants
1997–01	Warrington Wolves
	Total	184	111	6	67	60

Darryl van der Velde (born 3 October 1950) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, coach and administrator. He played club football in Queensland for Souths and represented his state on one occasion in 1977.^[1] After playing he coached the Brisbane Rugby League premiership's Redcliffe side in 1986 and 1987, taking his club to consecutive grand finals. He was then part of an unsuccessful syndicate to form the first New South Wales Rugby League premiership club in Queensland. He then embarked on a coaching career in England with Castleford in 1988, taking them to the 1991–92 Rugby Football League season's Challenge Cup final before leaving in 1993.^[2] He moved to coach London Crusaders in 1993. Van de Velde then became the Chief Executive Officer of the new South Queensland Crushers club of the ARL premership. He later coached Huddersfield and then joined Warrington Wolves in March 1997,^[3] spending five years at the club, but he failed to win a trophy before leaving in 2001. He has since returned to Australia.

References

1. ^ Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au
2. ^ Darryl van der Velde at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
3. ^ "Super League Team-by-team guide". telegraph.co.uk (UK: Telegraph Media Group Limited). 1 March 2001. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/2999879/Super-League-Team-by-team-guide.html. Retrieved 10 October 2010. 

• Darryl van der Velde at rugbyleagueproject.com

Persondata
Name	Van der Velde, Colin
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Date of birth	3 October 1950
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