George Taylforth
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| Full name | George Henry Taylforth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1941 Liverpool, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Henry Taylforth (born 25 January 1941) is a British-born Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown and Cronulla-Sutherland, notable for his long-range goal-kicking. He attended Sydney Boys High School playing alongside 1991 World Cup Winning Australia rugby union coach Bob Dwyer and premiership winning St. George Dragons rugby-league halfback George Evans (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965). He was also coached by former NSW rugby league representative Frank O'Rourke (rugby league) at school.