[2] The Valleys Roosters in the Toowoomba Rugby League Competition home ground is named Herb Stenohrt Oval in his honour.

He and his ten brothers and sisters were born to German farmer, Peter Frederick Mathias Steinohrt and mother Wilhelmina, née Schemioneck.

[3] He was graded by the Valleys club of the Toowoomba rugby League in 1922 as a centre but soon moved to the forwards.

Along with his 1928 Kangaroo captain Tom Gorman, Steinohrt was a member of the 1924-25 world class Toowoomba side that beat all comers including Sydney premiers Souths, Brisbane, Ipswich and representative sides including New South Wales, Victoria, Great Britain and New Zealand.

In 1933 he was part of a Queensland squad that included the entire Toowoomba representative team and Steinhort lead a "Clydesdales XIII" against NSW.

[7] In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Steinohrt was named at front row forward in the Toowoomba and South West Team of the Century.