Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- George Ernest Howard Hallett
- Nickname(s)
- The Rock Of Gibraltar
- Born
- Sunday, 13th April, 1890
- Died
- Thursday, 28th May, 1970 (Aged 80 years and 44 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
Known Family Links
Biography
Champion fullback had a long and influential career in the infant code. Graded with Souths' during the game’s first season, he was still playing first grade 16 years later. Hallett had his grounding in Australian Rules but turned to League and developed into a ‘grand’ punter of the ball and a great tackler. Earning the name 'The Rock of Gibraltar' because of his safe hands, he played for NSW in 1911 and was chosen for the 1911-12 'Australasian' Kangaroos. Hallett made his Test debut against England as a centre but played in the two remaining Tests on tour at fullback. Although he toured NZ with NSW in 1912-13, Hallett's only other Test series was against England in 1914. His final appearance in the green and gold was in the infamous 'Rorke's Drift' Test in Sydney. At Souths he was a part of three premiership-winning teams (1909, 1914 and 1918) and his popularity was repaid when Rabbitohs fans presented him with a silver belt as the ‘champion player of the 1914 competition’. On his retirement Hallett coached Souths during the club's unbeaten 1925 season and won back-to-back premierships the following year. He died in 1970, age 80.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 155 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 137 | 106 | 41 | 8 | 68.39% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
NSWRFL Finals | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Metropolis | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Interstate Matches | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 32 | 12 | 1 | - | 38 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
City Cup | 36 | 2 | - | 1 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 63.89% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1911-12, 1914 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Combined 1st | 1909 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1909, 1911-14 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 81.48% | List | |||
Metropolis | 1910, 1912, 1914 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Reds | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Kangaroos | 1917 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1909-1917 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 75.76% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1909 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1910 | 15 | 9 | 2 | - | 31 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 73.33% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1911 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 70.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1912 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1913 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1914 | 11 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 72.73% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1915 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 55.56% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1916 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1918 | 12 | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.33% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1919 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1920 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1922 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | 1 | 60.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1923 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.00% | List | |||
South Sydney | NSWRFL 1924 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 66.67% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
South Sydney | 1909-16, 1918-24 | 155 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 137 | 106 | 41 | 8 | 68.39% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Jamie Murdoch
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