Mike Eden is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player. The slightly built Eden played for Manly, Eastern Suburbs

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

, Parramatta

Parramatta Eels

The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...

 and the Gold Coast

Gold Coast Chargers

Gold Coast were a professional Rugby league football club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership in 1998...

. Originally appearing in the halves, he later played at fullback.

Eden was named the player of the series in the 1982 KB Cup

1982 KB Cup

-Format:The competition increased to 18 teams with the addition of the Canberra Raiders and Illawarra Steelers. Sides each played two round matches with the best eight progressing to the finals. There was a random draw for the quarter and semi finals.-Round 1:...

. An accomplished goal-kicker, he was the leading point scorer in the 1983 NSWRFL season, scoring 256 points (12 tries, 103 goals and 2 field goals). He also won the competition's Best and Fairest award, the Rothmans Medal

Dally M Medal

The Dally M Medal is the premier individual award in the Australian rugby league competition, which is given to the player voted by sports commentators as the best and fairest in the competition for that year....

, in that year. He later joined parramatta for the 1985 season.

Eden's uncle, Harry Eden

Harry Eden (rugby league)

Harry Eden was a rugby league player who played with three Sydney clubs during his career – Eastern Suburbs, St George and South Sydney Rabbitohs...

, was also an Australian Rugby League

Australian Rugby League

The Australian Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia. It is made up of state bodies, including the New South Wales Rugby League and the Queensland Rugby League...

 player for the St George Dragons, Eastern Suburbs and South Sydney

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

clubs.

Eden currently works as a solicitor in Albury NSW.