Charlie Banks (rugby league)

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Charlie Banks
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Personal information
Full name Charles Banks
Nickname Charlie
Born  Australia
Playing information
Position Second-row forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–49 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 50s. 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 (1948–49) and Eastern Suburbs (1951–52) clubs. A forward, Charlie Banks was a member of St. George Dragons premiership winning side in 1949. [1]

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.

File:St george team1949.jpg
Banks (back right) in St. George's 1949 premiership-winning team

References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)


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