George Fairbairn (rugby league)
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| Full name | George Alexander Fairbairn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
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| Position | Full back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coaching information
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George Fairbairn is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s, and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Wigan, winning the Man of Steel Award in 1980, and Hull Kingston Rovers, as a fullback or winger. Fairbairn then coached at representative level for Scotland, and at club level for Wigan, Hull KR and Huddersfield.
He retired as England's top point scorer in test football. In September 2012, he was named in Hull Kingston Rovers' greatest ever team.
Although born in Scotland, Fairbairn qualified to play international rugby league for England due to his father being English.
Born in Peebles, Scotland, Fairbairn started his career playing rugby union for Kelso RFC.
In 1974, he moved to England to play rugby league for Wigan. Fairbairn became only the second Scottish-born person after Andrew Hogg to play for the England national team. Fairbairn won caps for England while at Wigan in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against Wales (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), Australia (2 matches), and France, and later in 1975 against Papua New Guinea.
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