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George Ballantyne ( (1952-05-27) 27 May 1952 ) born in Leeds, is a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 754), Bramley, York, Keighley, Hunslet, and Castleford, as a prop, or second-row i.e. number 8 or 10, or 11 or 12, in the era of contested scrums.
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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 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).
Genealogical information
George Ballantyne is the younger brother of Paul Ballantyne (birth registered October→December 1948 (age 68–69) in Leeds district), and Pauline Ballantyne (birth registered July→September 1950 (age 66–67) in Leeds district), and the older brother of June Ballantyne (birth registered April→June 1957 (age 59–60) in Leeds district), and is the grandfather of the Prop for Leeds Rhinos (Scholarship), Hunslet Parkside Hawks, and Wakefield Trinity (Under-20s), James Healey.