George Ballantyne

George Ballantyne (born 27 May 1952[1]) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 754), Bramley, York, Keighley, Hunslet and Castleford (Heritage №), as a prop, or second-row i.e. number 8 or 10, or 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[2][3][4]

George Ballantyne
Personal information
Born (1952-05-27) 27 May 1952
Leeds, England
Playing information
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight20 st 0 lb (127 kg)
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1968–78 Wakefield Trinity 199 20 0 0 60
(loan) → Bramley
(loan) → York
(loan) → Keighley
(loan) → Hunslet
1978–80 Castleford 45 6 18
Total 244 26 0 0 78
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1973–78 Yorkshire 2

Background

George Ballantyne was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

County honours

George Ballantyne won caps for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity against Cumberland at Bramley's stadium 1973, and while at Castleford he played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in the 7-23 defeat by Lancashire at Widnes' stadium on 27 September 1978.

County Cup Final appearances

George Ballantyne played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing second-row David Knowles) in Wakefield Trinity's 2-7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played prop, i.e. number 8, in the 13-16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974.

Club career

George Ballantyne made his début for Wakefield Trinity playing left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in the 14-23 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Monday 27 January 1969, he is the youngest forward to make his début for Wakefield Trinity aged 16-years and 8-months, 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 fourth ¼ 1948 (age 71–72) in Leeds district), and Pauline Ballantyne (birth registered third ¼ 1950 (age 69–70) in Leeds district), and the older brother of June Ballantyne (birth registered second ¼ 1957 (age 62–63) in Leeds district), and is the grandfather of the Prop for Leeds Rhinos (Scholarship), Hunslet Parkside Hawks, and Wakefield Trinity (Under-20s), James Healey.[6][7][8]

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. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. "The Next Generation Of Wildcats!". wakefieldwildcats.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  8. "Wakefield Wildcats: Kear impressed by young starlets". Yorkshire Evening Post. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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