George Gates (footballer)
Appearance
![]() Gates while with Brentford in 1905 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George James Gates[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1883 | ||
Place of birth | Hammersmith, England | ||
Date of death | 23 June 1960[1] | (aged 77)||
Place of death | Newton Abbot, England | ||
Position(s) | Right half, Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1906 | Brentford | 15 | (3) |
1906–1908 | Clapton Orient | 53 | (7) |
1909–1910 | Grimsby Town | 17 | (2) |
1910–1914 | Merthyr Town | ||
1914 | Troedyrhiw Stars | ||
1919–1921 | Bargoed | ||
Managerial career | |||
1920–1921 | Bargoed (player-manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George James Gates (2 June 1883 – 23 June 1960) was an English professional football right half and forward who appeared in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Grimsby Town.[1] He later player-managed Welsh non-league club Bargoed.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1904–05[3] | Southern League First Division | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
1905–06[3] | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Career total | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 108. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Wales FA: Professional players for September, 1919". The history of Liverpool Football Club. 17 October 1919. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 358. ISBN 0951526200.
Categories:
- 1883 births
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- People from Hammersmith
- Brentford F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Men's association football wing halves
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- Merthyr Town F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- 1960 deaths
- English football managers
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs