George Challis (1889-1965) was an Australian

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footballer who played for the Annandale,

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and Balmain clubs in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) competition.

Playing career

Challis played for the

club in the years (1914–1916) and (1920). A , Challis was a member of the

sides that won

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s in 1914, '15 and 1916. Challis joined the Balmain club at the end of the 1916 season only to return to the club for 1 final season in 1920. Challis is recognised as being the 72nd player to wear the red, white and blue of the Eastern Suburbs club. In Challis's 4 seasons at the club he scored 6 tries, and 1

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for a total of 20 points. In 1913, Challis was a member of the first

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representative side to tour New Zealand. In the 1915 season Challis was again selected to represent NSW in 2 interstate matches against Queensland.

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