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George Parsons
Height185
Weight89
Date Of Birth21/04/1926
Place Of BirthNewbridge
EducationAbertillery County School
ClubsSalford Red Devils, Rochdale Hornets, St Helens, Newport, Abertillery, Cardiff
HonoursWales RL, Great Britain, Wales
ManagedRochdale Hornets, Salford Red Devils
George Parsons played for Abertillery, Cardiff(?), Newport (twice) and Newbridge, he also made one appearance for Wales. In 1948 he joined Rugby League giants St Helens for whom he made 296 appearances going on to make a small number of appearances for Rochdale and Salford. As a rugby league player he represented Wales on 13 occasions and played once for Great Britain. Parsons worked for Pilkington Glass Factory, and was a Magistrate and a Liberal party councillor. 
He passed away in November 2009 aged 83.  
COMPETITION PLAYED T C P DG PTS YC RC
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Llandovery 20 19 0 1 684 307 90
Newport 21 18 0 3 701 390 90
Ebbw Vale 20 14 0 6 615 384 71
Cardiff 21 12 1 8 579 492 63
Pontypridd 21 10 1 10 470 501 53
Pontypool 19 11 0 8 480 455 51
Merthyr 18 10 0 8 458 470 49
Aberavon 20 8 0 12 462 556 46
Bridgend Ravens 20 8 0 12 423 539 41
Swansea 19 5 0 14 377 540 30
RGC 1404 18 5 0 13 354 489 28
Carmarthen Quins 19 4 0 15 416 541 28
Neath 20 3 0 17 330 685 19