Charles Montgomery (1924–1995) was an Australian

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played in the 1940s. He was a premiership winning prop-forward with

St George Saint George (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin language, Latin: Georgius, Arabic language, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christians, Christian who is venerated as a sa ...

and finished his career with Newtown.

Playing career

'Chassa' Montgomery played two seasons with

St George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until th ...

between 1941 and 1942, and played in the front-row in their victorious 1941 Grand Final. He then moved to Newtown, where he played another two seasons between 1944 and 1945. He made another

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Sy ...

appearance at prop-forward in the Newtown side that lost the 1944 Grand Final to Balmain. Both sides had been accused of "dogging-it" in the Final where they met, and allowing Balmain to win so that they would need to meet in a Grand Final a week later. Montgomery went on to Captain coach in Townsville, Queensland in the early 1960s playing well into his 40s.

Post playing

In his later years, Montgomery was a selector for the Townsville Foley shield team in 1974–5. Montgomery died in

Townsville, Queensland Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...

on 4 Feb 1995, age 71Haddan p90 St_George_DRLFC_Premiers_1941

References

* Haddan, Steve (2007) ''The Finals - 100 Years of National Rugby League Finals'', Steve Haddan Publishing, Brisbane 1924 births 1995 deaths St. George Dragons players Newtown Jets players Australian rugby league administrators Australian rugby league players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1920s-stub