George Piggins

George Piggins
Personal information
Full nameGeorge Leslie Piggins
Born (1944-10-14) 14 October 1944 (age 80)
Playing information
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967–78 South Sydney 118 6 0 0 18
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1974–76 New South Wales 2 0 0 0 0
1975 Australia 3 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1986–90 South Sydney 120 61 6 53 51
Source: [1][2][3]

George Leslie Piggins AM (born 14 October 1944) is an Australian rugby league personality. He is a former player, coach and administrator of the South Sydney Rabbitohs club. Following their exclusion from the National Rugby League premiership at the end of the Super League war, Piggins also successfully led the Rabbitohs' battle for re-inclusion in the NRL in the early 2000s. Since 2003, the "George Piggins Medal" has been awarded annually to South Sydney's player of the year.