George Ballantyne

George Ballantyne
Personal information
Born (1952-05-27) 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

played on loan for Bramley, York,Keighley and Hunslet.

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][4]

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.

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 Cup final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley 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 Cup final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974.

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 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 October→December 1948 (age 67–68)

in Leeds district), and Pauline Ballantyne (birth registered July→September 1950 (age 65–66)

in Leeds district), and the older brother of June Ballantyne (birth registered April→June 1957 (age 58–59)

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. Archived from the original on February 16, 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 June 1, 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. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Next Generation Of Wildcats!". wakefieldwildcats.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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