George Brackenreg
Australian rugby league administrator
About George Brackenreg
Lived 1858 – 1928 (aged 69–70).
George Stubbs Brackenreg (1858–1928) was an Australian entrepreneur and a co-founder of Rugby League in Australia.
Brackenreg, along with J J Giltinan, Victor Trumper, Jack Feneley and Henry Hoyle, set up the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) as a breakaway from rugby union football in Sydney during August 1907. He is also remembered as a major influence behind the creation of the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club in 1908. He was awarded Life Membership of the NSWRFL in 1914.
Brackenreg died at his mistress' Randwick home on 30 May 1928, aged 70. He was interred at Rookwood Cemetery.
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Who was George Brackenreg?
Australian rugby league administrator
When was George Brackenreg born?
George Brackenreg was born in 1858.
When did George Brackenreg die?
George Brackenreg died in 1928.
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