Facts:   - appearances: 60    - position: prop forward    - yearend: 52    - tries: 9    - death date: 29 may 2015    - retired: yes    - yearstart: 1947    - points: 27      - birth date: 1928    - fullname: george jardine    - name: george jardine    - fieldgoals: 0    - club: st george dragons    - goals: 0   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of george jardine -lrb- rugby league -rrb- .
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george jardine -lrb- born c. 1928 - 29 may 2015 -rrb- was an australian rugby league player of the 1940s and 1950s who played in the new south wales premiership competition and won a premiership with the st george dragons in 1949 .