Charlie Banks (rugby league)

Charlie Banks

Personal information
Full name	Charles Banks
Nickname	Charlie
Born	Australia
Playing information
Position	Second-row forward
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1948–49	St George Dragons	25	8	0	0	24
1951–52	Eastern Suburbs	26	10	0	0	30
	Total	51	18	0	0	54
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1951	New South Wales	3	0	0	0	0

Charlie Banks was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 50s. A state representative second-rower, he won the 1949 premiership with the St George Dragons and finished his career at the Eastern Suburbs club.

Career

Banks played for the St George (1948–49) and Eastern Suburbs (1951–52) clubs. A forward, Charlie Banks was a member of St. George Dragons premiership winning side in 1949. ^[1]

In 1951 Banks represented New South Wales twice in the regular interstate clash against Queensland and also in a match against Les Chanticleers during the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Banks (back right) in St. George's 1949 premiership-winning team

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