Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 23rd May, 1953
- Current Age
- 72 years and 313 days
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- State of Origin
- 1982, 1981
- Interstate Series
- 1978
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1978
- Midweek Cup
- 1979
Biography
Brisbane forward represented Queensland against NSW in 1973 after first playing for Queensland Colts. Khan spent a season with Brisbane Norths where he was recommended to Cronulla by his coach Tom Bishop. A thick-set, bullocking style of prop played for Castleford in 1976-77 before he returned to play in the Sharks' two grand final appearances during 1978 (the 11-all draw against Manly and the 16-0 loss in the replay). A NSW rep in 1978 and for Queensland in a State of Origin match in 1981, Khan returned to Brisbane Easts in 1982 and played in three State of Origin matches that year.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Queensland Firsts | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of Origin | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | - | 120 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 62 | 54 | 4 | 51.67% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Bulimba Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26.67% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | 1 | 19 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 73.68% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 163 | 19 | - | - | 57 | 88 | 75 | 6 | 53.99% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1970, 1982 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1973, 1982-83 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1978 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| QLD | 1981-82 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1970-1983 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1975 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1976 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1977 | 19 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1978 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 68.00% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1979 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1980 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| Cronulla | NSWRFL 1981 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 54.55% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Cronulla | 1975-81 | 120 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 62 | 54 | 4 | 51.67% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
3 Jun 2017 2:58am
Bloody legend of a player now fafita is taking over the same way both have the same style
13 May 2018 6:05am
Check Brisbane Easts Tigers for Paul Khan early career - starting 1969 - as Tigers player 604, same year as John Lang Tigers player 606.
I think he went from Brisbane Easts to Cronulla - query statement on playing for Brisbane Norths.
I was an Easts Tigers supporter from late 1960s and recently did some googling of John Lang after seeing him Int the street.
I think the rugby league project is excellent - first found googling Keith Harris NSW player of 70s with whom I worked recently.
Would love to see greater recognition of the Bridbane club records pre Broncos 1988 - it was a strong competition - great season summary book Our Game for that period
30 Oct 2022 3:33pm
P.K. a couple of your old mates incl. Mitch Brennan would like to contact you if possible
24 Feb 2026 1:29pm
Probably the most underrated forward of his time. Amazing balls skills, hard to tackle and was a key forward when scrums were important, Paul and Johnny Mac with Dane was the best scrum winning front row of all time. RIP Johnny btw... It was a pleasure to watch him play..... not too many forwards had his ball skills during a time when RUNNING Hard and bulldozing the halves over and over again. Sure, plenty hit hard, but he was one of the best forwards in the game.
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