Charlie Montgomery
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Full name | Charles Henry Montgomery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1924-07-01)1 July 1924 Chatswood, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 February 1995(1995-02-04) (aged 70) Townsville, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Montgomery (1924–1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s. He was a premiership winning prop-forward with St George and finished his career with Newtown.
Playing career
'Chassa' Montgomery played two seasons with St George Dragons between 1941 and 1942, and played in the front-row in their victorious 1941 Grand Final.[2] He then moved to Newtown, where he played another two seasons between 1944 and 1945. He made another Grand Final appearance at prop-forward in the Newtown side that lost the 1944 Grand Final to Balmain.
Both sides had been accused of "dogging-it" in the Final where they met, and allowing Balmain to win so that they would need to meet in a Grand Final a week later.
Montgomery went on to Captain coach in Townsville, Queensland in the early 1960s playing well into his 40s.
Post playing
In his later years, Montgomery was a selector for the Townsville Foley shield team in 1974–5. Montgomery died in Townsville, Queensland on 4 Feb 1995, age 71[3][4]
References
- Haddan, Steve (2007) The Finals - 100 Years of National Rugby League Finals, Steve Haddan Publishing, Brisbane
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- 1. Jack Wedgwood
- 2. Owen Campbell
- 3. Gordon Hart
- 4. Jack Gilbert
- 5. Noel Jones
- 6. Roy Hasson
- 7. Albert McAndrew
- 8. Charlie Montgomery
- 9. Herb Gilbert, Jr.
- 10. Lindsay Spencer
- 11. Neville Smith (Ca./Co.)
- 12. Len Kelly
- 13. Bill Tyquin
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