yearastart pointsc teama goalsc birth_date tries yearstart triesb appearances goals club fieldgoals yearcend yearbstart points appearancesc name yearcstart fullname birth_place yearend teamb pointsb fieldgoalsc nickname source retired triesc yearbend teamc appearancesb position goalsb fieldgoalsb article_title
1979 4 brisbane 0 5 february 1959 17 39 4 19 ?? 1979 1980 1982 1988 2 28 99 67 0 0 0 beaudesert fortitude valley redcliffe manly-warringah gold coast seagulls 0 0 0 85 1979 51 154 16 3 chris close 1980 christopher close cunnamulla , queensland , australia ?? 81 87 91 queensland 6 0 choppy -lsb- http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chris_close/summary.html rlp -rsb- yes 1 86 australia 14 ce wg pr 0 0 chris close

chris close

christopher `` choppy '' close -lrb- born 5 february 1959 -rrb- is an australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s , '80s and '90s .
a robust three-quarter back , he represented australia internationally and queensland in state of origin , and played club football in queensland and new south wales .
close has the distinction of being one of a handful of players to be named man-of-the-match in state of origin more than once .
in fact the first two state of origin man-of-the-match awards went to him .
