George Ballantyne

George Ballantyne
Personal information
Born 27 May 1952
Leeds
Playing information
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 20 st 0 lb (127 kg)
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1968–78 Wakefield Trinity 199 20 0 0 60
1978–80 Castleford 45 6 18
Total 244 26 0 0 78
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1973–27 Sep 78 Yorkshire 2
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

George Ballantyne (27 May 1952[1]) born in Leeds, is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #754), and Castleford, as a Prop, or Second-row i.e. number 8 or 10, or 11 or 12, in the era of contested scrums.[2][3]

Playing career

County honours

George Ballantyne won caps for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity against Cumberland at Bramley's stadium 1973, and playing Left-Prop, i.e. number 8 while at Castleford in the 7-23 defeat by Lancashire at Widnes' stadium on 27 September 1978.[4]

Club career

George Ballantyne made his début playing Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11 for Wakefield Trinity in the 14-23 defeat to Hull Kingston Rovers at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Monday 27 January 1969, he was transferred from Wakefield Trinity to Castleford in 1978 for a then Castleford club record fee of £11,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £83,230 in 2013).[5]

Genealogical information

George Ballantyne is the younger brother of Paul Ballantyne (birth registered October→December 1948 (age 66–67) in Leeds district), and Pauline Ballantyne (birth registered July→September 1950 (age 64–65) in Leeds district), and the older brother of June Ballantyne (birth registered April→June 1957 (age 57–58) in Leeds district), and is the grandfather of the Prop for Leeds Rhinos (Scholarship), Hunslet Parkside Hawks, Wakefield Trinity (Under-20s), James Healey.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000)"Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History". The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
  3. ↑ "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Youngsters Out To Follow In Famous Footsteps". wakefieldwildcats.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Next Generation Of Wildcats!". wakefieldwildcats.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

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