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Charlie Banks
File:Charlie Banks 1949.jpg
Personal information
Full nameCharles Joseph Banks
BornC.1928
 Australia
Playing information
PositionSecond-row forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–50 St George Dragons 25 8 0 0 24
1951–52 Eastern Suburbs 26 10 0 0 30
Total 51 18 0 0 54
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1951 New South Wales 3 0 0 0 0

Charlie Banks was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. A state representative second-rower, he won the 1949 premiership with the St George Dragons and finished his career at the Eastern Suburbs club.

Career

Banks played for the St George (1948–50) and Eastern Suburbs (1951–52) clubs. A forward, Charlie Banks was a member of St. George Dragons premiership winning side in 1949.[1]

In 1949, Charlie Banks married Shirley Smith, the daughter of St. George committeeman and Chairman of selectors Reg Smith.[2]

In 1951 Banks represented New South Wales twice in the regular interstate clash against Queensland and also in a match against Les Chanticleers during the 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  2. ^ The St. George Call (9-12-1949) Page 10 "Big Wedding For St.George Footballer."