George King (Scottish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1870[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dunblane, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | (aged 46)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Somme, France[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sunderland Albion | |||
| 1892–1894 | Burnley | 33 | (2) |
| Millwall Athletic | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George King (1870 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Burnley.[3]
Personal life
[edit]King served as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916.[4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ George King on Lives of the First World War
- ^ a b c "Casualty Details: George King". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "George King – Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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- Scottish men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- Sunderland Albion F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Millwall F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Sportspeople from Dunblane
- 1870 births
- 1916 deaths
- Military personnel from Stirling
- Southern Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme
- Royal Northumberland Fusiliers soldiers
- Footballers from Stirling (council area)
- 19th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1870s birth stubs