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| Full name | George Henry Mason | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 February 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Mason (d 1996) was a rugby league footballer, and later coach, for the Canterbury-Bankstown club.
Mason played three seasons for Western Suburbs between 1927 and 1929.
His final year as a player was 1936 at the newly admitted Canterbury-Bankstown 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. [2]
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