George Gummer (birth unknown – death unknown) was a Welsh professional

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 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for Barrow,

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( Heritage № 495) and

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( captain), as a , i.e. number 3 or 4. He also appeared for

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as a

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guest player ( Heritage № 489).

International honours

George Gummer won

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s for

while at Barrow 1936 2-caps.

References

External links

Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
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Man with the heart of an OxStatistics at wigan.rlfans.com
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