George Peponis

Quick Facts

Full Name	George Peponis
Occupation	Rugby League Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 3, 1953(1953-09-03)
Age	71
Birthplace	Tripoli
Country	Greece
Birth City	Peloponnese
Horoscope	Virgo

George Peponis Biography

George Peponis is one of the most popular and richest Rugby League Player who was born on September 3, 1953 in Tripoli, Peloponnese, Greece. Peponis was born in Tripoli, Arcadia in the Peloponnese to ethnic Greek parents, who originally originated from the Arcadian village of the village of Levidi located on the outskirts of Tripoli on September 3, 1953. Peponis emigrated with his family to Australia at the age of 18 months old in the year 1954 as did many other Greeks at the time. He was a student at Sydney’s Canterbury Boys High School where he played in the rugby union and was an Canterbury rugby league junior for his club, the St George Dragons JRLFC at Clemton Park. He was promoted in 1973, to an under-23’s team during which time he played at the Preliminary Final against the Balmain Tigers.

Peponis made his debut for the state with the New South Wales Blues in 1976. He would go on to play seven times for the state until the year 1980.

In 1979, after the playing retirement of Bob Fulton, he took over as state captain of New South Wales and that same year was selected as Kangaroo captain for the domestic Ashes series against Great Britain. Australia’s fitness and skill dominance over Great Britain began to show in this series which was a three-nil drubbing to the locals. He led Canterbury to the 1979 Grand Final loss against St George.

Persistent neck injuries hampered the remainder of Peponis’ career and he retired midway through the 1982 season.

Following a season in 1975 that was halted by a leg injury that broke for the next five seasons, starting in 1976, the Canterbury club’s regular first-grade hooker. The Canterbury club had the scholarship program for its junior players at the time that allowed him to be financially supported while conducting his medical studies.

George Peponis Net Worth

George Peponis is one of the richest Rugby League Player from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, George Peponis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dr. George Peponis (born Georgios Peponis Greek: Georgios Pepones ; 3 September 1953) is a Greek Australian former professional footballer in the league which played throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. A former Australia nation-wide player and New South Wales state representative hooker, he was a part of the NSWRFL Premiership for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs who took home in the year 1980’s Grand Final. He also played for the Bulldogs as well as New South Wales, and took part in eight Test games with Australia in the years 1978-80. He also acted as captain of the team on five occasions consecutively between 1979 and 1980.

Peponis began the season of 1974 in reserve grade, and later the following season he was a debutant in the first class against South Sydney when Barry Phillis was injured. He was in first grade during the finals of the season, including the Canterbury’s Grand Final 1974 loss to the Eastern Suburbs.

In 1978, Peponis was appointed Canterbury’s first-grade captain and played in the Preliminary Semi-Final against the Parramatta Eels. He would go on to captain Canterbury on 71 occasions between 1978 and 1982. As a hooker he was a consistent winner of possession in those days of contested scrums and was known for his trademark ability to burrow over for tries from the dummy half position. He made his Test debut for Australia in 1978 in the first Test against New Zealand. He was vying for the Australian hooker position with Max Krilich and Queensland’s Johnny Lang and would in his career regularly compete against Krilich for representative honours. He was selected for the 1978 Kangaroo tour on which he played two Tests, four minor tour matches and scored six tries.

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Facts & Trivia

George Ranked on the list of most popular Rugby League Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. George Peponis celebrates birthday on September 3 of every year.

Top Facts about George Peponis

1. George Peponis is a former Australian international rugby league footballer.
2. He played as a hooker for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 1970s.
3. Peponis represented Australia in 15 test matches from 1977-1980.
4. He captained the Australian national team during his career.
5. Peponis was part of the successful Kangaroos squad that won the 1977 World Cup.
6. He also played for New South Wales in State of Origin matches.
7. Peponis retired from professional rugby league in 1983.
8. After retiring, he became involved in sports administration and medicine.
9. In recognition of his contributions to rugby league, Peponis was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM).
10. Today, he is considered one of the legends of Australian rugby league history.