George James “Butcher” Lucas

HERITAGE No: 351

BIRTH: 2 September 1917

Five Dock, NSW

DEATH: 21 December 1992 Bexley North, NSW

DEATH: 21 December 1992

Bexley North, NSW

OCCUPATION: Machinist, 1943

RESIDENCE: Parramatta Rd Five Dock, NSW, 1943

GAME HISTORY

Concord Public School RL 1929
Wests RL President’s Cup 1935
Wests RL 3rd Grade 1935, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1946
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946
Wests RL First Grade 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
Wests RL City Cup 1937
Wests RL State Championships 1941, 1943, 1945
West Armidale RL 1939
New England RL 1939
Group 5 RL v Queensland RL Firsts 1939
Combined Wests/Norths RL v AIF RL 1940
Cooma RL Player Coach 1947
Combined Groups 8 and 16 RL 1947
Grenfell RL 1948
Wentworthville RL Coach 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
University of NSW RL Coach 1973
Wests RL Vice President 1947
Wests RL Life Member 1949

George

Wests Archives acknowledges the contribution of Howard Lucas, the son of George Lucas, to the preservation of George’s history and the story of his life.

George James Lucas had a long career in rugby league as both a player and a coach. He was born at Five Dock, NSW and went to Concord Public School, where he first played rugby league.

In 1929 he was a member of the Concord Public School, champion rugby league team. In that team were future Wests players, Albert “Podgy” McGuiness, Roy Ainsworth and John Sparrowhawk.