George Leslie Piggins AM was born on 14 October 1944 and is an Australian rugby league personality.
19 Facts About George Piggins
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George Piggins is a former player, coach and administrator of the South Sydney Rabbitohs club.
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Since 2003, the "George Piggins Medal" has been awarded annually to South Sydney's player of the year.
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George Piggins established himself in the NSWRFL Premiership's first grade in 1967 but was left out for Elwyn Walters in the finals and took several years to re-establish himself.
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In 1971 George Piggins played a superb game in the grand final when Walters was injured and late the following year finally established a permanent first grade berth for good.
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Post playing George Piggins worked as a truck driver, eventually starting his own trucking business.
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George Piggins invented a device which increased the rate at which trucks could be unloaded.
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In 1986, George Piggins took over as first grade coach and was awarded the Coca-Cola Rugby League Coach-of-the-Year award for taking South Sydney to the finals in his rookie year, and just missing out on winning the minor premiership.
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George Piggins won a trip for two to Atlanta to study American football as part of his award.
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The side was set back by the loss of two premiership points due to George Piggins playing 17-year-old President's Cup player Scott Wilson in a game against Manly which Souths won, due to a breach of replacement rules.
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George Piggins was axed as coach at the end of that year to be replaced by Frank Curry in 1990, but stayed involved by becoming Chairman of the Leagues Club.
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In 2000 George Piggins was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in the sport of rugby league.
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George Piggins was the chairman of the South Sydney club during the legal battle against the NRL for re-inclusion in the premiership, which was achieved during 2001.
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That year George Piggins was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to the sport of rugby league" as the Rabbitohs returned to the playing field in 2002.
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In 2002, George Piggins was further honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to Rugby League football as an administrator, coach and player, and to the South Sydney community".
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Since 2003, the "George Piggins Medal" has been awarded by the South Sydney club to the Rabbitohs' best and fairest player of the season.
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On October 1,2014, George Piggins announced that he would be attending his first Souths game in nearly a decade, which was the 2014 NRL Grand Final between South Sydney and Canterbury-Bankstown.
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George Piggins said in September 2014 he would only attend the decider if someone paid $100,000 to a charity of his choice.
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George Piggins came face to face with Souths co-owner Russell Crowe for the first time since 2006.