Noel Hill (rugby league)

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Noel Hill
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Personal information
Full name Noel Edward Hill
Born 1927
 Australia
Died 24 September 1965
South Melborne
Playing information
Position Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–50 St George Dragons 58 7 0 0 21

Noel Edward Hill (1927-1965) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1940s who played in the New South Wales premiership competition.

Career

A south coast junior, Noel Hill was a halfback for the St George Dragons for three seasons between 1948-1950. He won a premiership with St George, playing halfback in the 1949 Grand Final victory over South Sydney Rabbitohs. He moved back to Thirroul, New South Wales in 1950, and was selected for NSW Country in 1952 and 1953, captaining that representative side in 1952. [1]

Noel Hill died of a cerebral hemorrhage in south Melbourne in September 1965.

File:St george team1949.jpg
Hill (front 3rd from right) in St. George's 1949 premiership-winning team

References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 edition (ISBN 1 87516957 1)