George Jardine (rugby league)
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Full name | George Jardine | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Soapy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
8 Nov 1926 Helensburgh NSW Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
29 May 2015 Jannali NSW | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
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George Jardine (born 1926 - 29 May 2015 [1]) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1940s and 1950s who played in the New South Wales premiership competition and won a premiership with the St George Dragons in 1949.
Career
A Wollongong, New South Wales junior, Jardine played five season for the St George Dragons between 1947-1950 and 1952. He became a premiership winner when he played at lock-forward in 1949 Grand Final win over South Sydney Rabbitohs. [2] After playing 70 grade games for St George, George Jardine returned to the Illawarra league in 1953 joining the Northern Suburbs Wollongong club.[3] He also had a long association with the Helensburgh Tigers rugby league football club.[2]
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