Ryan Stolberg

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 16/01/75
Place of Birth: Kurrajong (NSW)
Position: G/F
Height (CM): 201
Weight (KG): 105
Junior Assoc: QLD - Ipswich
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 4/05/96
AGE AT DEBUT: 21
LAST NBL GAME: 14/06/98
AGE AT LAST GAME: 23
NBL History: Brisbane 1996, 1998
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Ryan Stolberg was born in Kurrajong (NSW) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Ipswich basketball program.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Ryan Stolberg made his NBL debut with the Brisbane Bullets at 21 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

Ryan Stolberg played two seasons the Brisbane Bullets. He averaged 2.5 points, 1.5 rebounds, and 0.4 assists in 20 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1998	23	Brisbane	16-14 (4)	16	114.0	48	30	8	10	20	4	9	13	17	42	40%	2	0%	14	19	74%	47%	40%	10
1996	21	Brisbane	14-12 (8)	4	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0%	0	0%	2	2	100%	51%	0%	2
Totals				20	122	50	30	8	10	20	4	9	14	17	43	39.5%	2	0.0%	16	21	76.2%	48%	40%	10

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1998	23	Brisbane	16-14 (4)	16	7.1	3.0	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.1	2.6	40%	0.1	0%	0.9	1.2	74%	47%	40%	10
1996	21	Brisbane	14-12 (8)	4	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0%	0.0	0%	0.5	0.5	100%	51%	0%	2
Total				20	6.1	2.5	1.5	0.4	0.5	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.2	39.5%		0.0%		0.1	76.2%	48%	40%	10

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
10	5	2	1	0	2	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Ipswich 1995-96, 2007-12 | Suncoast 1997 | Brisbane 1998 | Albury Wodonga 1999 | Brisbane 2017

A double-double machine for more than a decade, Ryan Stolberg was not only among the best big man to play in Queensland but one of the best players, period. Stolberg dominated in his first four seasons in the state league, two with Ipswich (1995/96), Suncoast (1997) and Brisbane (1998). In those four years the hardworking power forward made the Queensland and Australian CBA All-Star Five, won MVP in Queensland in 1997 averaging close to 27 points and 15 rebounds per game and helped Suncoast upset the Cairns Marlins in the 1997 ABA National Championship final in Geelong. He also spent a few seasons with the Brisbane Bullets. After playing with Albury in 1999, Stolberg took a break from the game until he returned for his hometown Ipswich Force from 2007-2012, putting up big numbers until he retired at the age of 37.

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