George Grant (born 9 April 1956) is an Australian former

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 11 ...

footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.

Career

Originally from

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but graded from Allawah, George Grant played seven seasons at

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 1976 and 1982. A prolific goal-kicker, George Grant won a premiership with

, playing in the victorious

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team that defeated Canterbury-Bankstown. George Grant had a stellar season in 1979, scoring one try and kicking 104 goals. His career drew to a close at the end of the 1982 season.Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 ().

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