George Elley

George Elley was[citation needed] an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.

He played for Canterbury-Bankstown in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.

Elley played at second-row in the 1942 NSWRL grand final as Canterbury defeated St George 11–9 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in muddy conditions.

As of the 2019 season, no other club has gone from premiers to wooden spooners the next season with the exception of Melbourne who won the premiership in 2009 but were later stripped of the title for major breaches of the salary cap in 2010 and made to play for no points which resulted in the club coming last.

By 1945, Elley was playing for the Canterbury reserve grade team which reached the grand final against South Sydney.