George Mitchell (rugby league)

George Mitchell
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Gordon Mitchell
Born(1914-10-01)1 October 1914
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Died24 March 1986(1986-03-24) (aged 71)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Weight14 st 7 lb (203 lb; 92 kg)
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1937–1942 Richmond Rovers 72 26 0 0 78
1945–1947 Ponsonby United 19 4 0 0 12
Total 91 30 0 0 90
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1937–1945 Auckland 3 1 0 0 3
1937–1945 Auckland Māori 6 2 0 0 6
1937 New Zealand Māori 2 2 0 0 6
1939–1947 New Zealand Trial 3 1 0 0 3
1939 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
1942 All Golds 1 2 0 0 6
Rugby union
PositionLock, Number eight,
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932–36 Feilding Old Boys 46 8 0 0 24
1933 Grafton 2 0 0 0 0
1942–43 Motor Transport Pool (M.T.P.) 28 7 4 0 32
Total 76 15 4 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1932 Manawatu Trial 1 1 0 0 3
1932–33 Manawatu 12 3 0 0 9
1932 Manawhenua 3 1 0 0 3
1942 Auckland 3 0 0 0 0
1942 Northern Military District 1 0 0 0 0
1942 Auckland Army 1 1 0 0 3
EducationFeilding Agricultural High School
RelativesAlf Mitchell (brother), Sir Bryan Williams (nephew)

George Gordon Mitchell played for the Richmond Rovers rugby league club in Auckland from 1937 to 1942 and represented Auckland from 1937 to 1947 as well as Auckland Māori from 1937 to 1945 and New Zealand Māori in 1937. He was also selected for New Zealand for the 1939 tour of England. He played rugby union for Manawatu in the early 1930s and Auckland when he was serving in the military in the early 1940s.

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