Name Noel Jones | Role Rugby league | |
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Noel Ernest Jones (1919–1986) was an Australian WWII veteran and premiership winning rugby league footballer of the 1940s.
Noel Jones played five seasons for the St George Dragons between 1940 and 1947 in a career interrupted by WWII. He played at wing and centre-three quarter for St George and made two Grand Final appearances - a win in the 1941 season and a loss in the 1946 decider to the Balmain Tigers in which he scored a try.
He joined the AIF in 1943, saw action as a Gunner and post-war rejoined the Dragons for two seasons. He retired at the conclusion of the 1947 season.
Noel Jones died on 1 June 1986, aged 66.
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