George Challis

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George Challis (Sydney, Australia) was a rugby league footballer who played for the Annandale, Eastern Suburbs and Balmain clubs in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) competition.

Challis played for the Eastern Suburbs in the years(1914-1916)and (1920). A fullback, Challis was a member of the Eastern Suburbs sides that won City Cups in 1914, '15 and 1916. Challis joined the Balmain club at the end of the 1916 season but returned to Easts in 1920.

In 1913 Challis was in the first NSW representative side to tour New Zealand. He was also selected to represent NSW in two interstate matches in 1915.

{Research material, various E E Christensen's yearbooks, The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players(Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson)}