Wilf George
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilfred George | |||||
| Nickname | Wilf | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1981–≥83 | Huddersfield | |||||
| ≤1985–≥92 | Halifax | |||||
| ≤1985–≥85 | Widnes | 22 | 6 | |||
| 1992–≥93 | Batley | |||||
| Total | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Wilf George is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s playing at club level for Huddersfield, Widnes, Halifax, and Batley, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.
Playing career
Challenge Cup final appearances
Wilf George played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, and scored the first try of the game in Halifax's 19-18 victory over St. Helens in the 1986–87 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 2 May 1987.[1]
Rugby Football League Championship winner
Wilf George played in the Halifax team which won the Rugby League Championship in 1985-86. He was signed from Widnes in February 1986 for a fee of £13,000 and played 10 games for Halifax in the remainder of the season scoring 2 tries, the second being in the last League game of the season against Featherstone Rovers on 20 April 1986, when a 13-13 draw at Thrum Hall clinched the Championship.
Rugby League Referee
Wilf George is a British Amateur Rugby League Association referee.
Genealogical Information
Wilf George is the father of the rugby league footballers Marcus George, and Luke George.
References
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Dragons Create History
- Halifax ARL Presentation Evening
- Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv
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