Career
Played on loan for Bramley,York,Keighley and Hunslet. County honours
County Cup final appearances
George Ballantyne played as an Interchange/Substitute, id est (that is) number 15, (replacing second-row David Knowles) in Wakefield Trinity"s 2-7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1973-1974 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played prop, id est (that is) number 8, in the 13-16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1974-1975 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974. Club career
George Ballantyne made his début playing Left-second-row, id est (that is) number 11 for Wakefield Trinity in the 14-23 defeat to Hull Kingston Rovers at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Monday 27 January 1969, he is the youngest forward to make his début for Wakefield Trinity aged 16-years and 8-months, he was transferred from Wakefield Trinity to Castleford in 1978 for a then Castleford club record fee of £11,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £83,230 in 2013).
George Ballantyne is the younger brother of Paul Ballantyne (birth registered October→December 1948 (age 67–68) in Leeds district), and Pauline Ballantyne (birth registered July→September 1950 (age 65–66) in Leeds district), and the older brother of June Ballantyne (birth registered April→June 1957 (age 58–59) in Leeds district), and is the grandfather of the prop for Leeds Rhinos (Scholarship), Hunslet Parkside Hawks, Wakefield Trinity (Under-20s), James Healey.
