| George Cromey | |
| Full Name: | George Ernest Cromey |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Bushmills, Co. Antrim |
| Death Place: | Ballymoney, Co. Antrim |
| Occupation: | Presbyterian minister |
| School: | Methodist College Belfast |
| University: | Queen's University Belfast |
| Position: | Fly-half |
| Repyears1: | 1937–39 |
| Repcaps1: | 9 |
| Reppoints1: | 6 |
| Repyears2: | 1938 |
| Repcaps2: | 1 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
George Ernest Cromey (8 May 1913 — 27 September 2006) was a rugby union international from Northern Ireland.
Born in Bushmills, County Antrim, Cromey was one of nine siblings. He attended Methodist College Belfast and was a 1935 graduate of Queen's University Belfast, with an honours degree in classics.[1]
Cromey, a diminutive Queen's University fly-half, was capped nine times by Ireland in the late 1930s.[2] He was also a member of the 1938 British Lions tour of South Africa, where he came into the team for the final Test in Cape Town, which was won 21–16.[3] During the tour, Cromey was asked to be a roommate of Paddy Mayne, in an attempt to control the temperamental lock (later a founding member of the Special Air Service).[4]
A RAF chaplain in World War II, Cromey served as a minister at Ballyweaney Presbyterian Church for 39 years.[1] [5]