George Mason (d 1996) was a

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer, and later coach, for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Canterbury-Bankstown is a customary region of Sydney, Australia, in Inner South-Western Sydney. The region is located to the north of the St George region (from which it is separated by Wolli Creek) and to the south of the Inner West region ...

club.

Career

Mason played three seasons for Western Suburbs between 1927 and 1929. His final year as a player was 1936 at the newly admitted

side playing in 12 matches. Mason coached Canterbury-Bankstown for 1 season in 1937. He is recognised as Canterbury's 41st ever player and their third ever coach. George Henry Mason died on 5 February 1996.

References

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