Noel Jones | |
Fullname: | Noel Ernest Jones |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1919 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia |
Retired: | yes |
Club1: | St. George |
Year1start: | 1940 |
Year1end: | 47 |
Appearances1: | 60 |
Tries1: | 24 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 80 |
Source: | [1] |
Updated: | 11 June 2019 |
Noel Ernest Jones (1919 - 1986) was an Australian World War II veteran and premiership winning rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Jones played five seasons for St George between 1940 and 1947 in a career interrupted by WWII. He played as a and for St. George and made two Grand Final appearances - a win in the 1941 season and a loss in the 1946 decider to Balmain in which he scored a try.
He joined the AIF in 1943,[2] saw action as a Gunner and post-war rejoined the Dragons for two seasons. He retired at the conclusion of the 1947 season.[3]
Jones died on 1 June 1986, aged 66.[4]