George Jardine

Helensburgh product who played lock for St George in the 1949 grand final. Came to Saints late in 1947, after regular lock Walter Mussing was injured, and played two first-grade games at the end of the season, and then went so well after he was selected in first-grade for the opening game of 1948 that he was chosen as a reserve for City Seconds. Badly sprained his wrist early in the semi-final against Souths in ’49 (there were rumours it was broken) but recovered sufficiently to perform strongly on grand final day. Missed the entire 1951 season because of a work injury, and then returned to the Illawarra after playing seven games in 1952

Played a total of 60 games for St George