Horace Gager
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Horace Edwin Gager[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1917 | ||
Place of birth | West Ham, England[1] | ||
Date of death | March 1984 (aged 67)[2] | ||
Place of death | Bingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Vauxhall Motors (Luton) | |||
1937–1947 | Luton Town | 59 | (2) |
Glentoran | |||
1947–1955 | Nottingham Forest | 258 | (11) |
International career | |||
Irish League XI | 2 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Horace Edwin Gager (25 January 1917 – March 1984) was an English professional footballer who made over 250 appearances as a centre half in the Football League for Nottingham Forest and captained the club.[1][3] He also played for Luton Town and represented the Irish League XI.[2][4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nottingham Forest | 1947–48[5] | Second Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
1948–49[5] | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
1949–50[5] | Third Division South | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
1950–51[5] | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2 | ||
1951–52[5] | Second Division | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
1952–53[5] | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
1953–54[5] | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
1954–55[5] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Career total | 269 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 280 | 11 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 105. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Horace Gager". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ Wright, Don (15 October 2016). Clough and Walker: Forest's Greatest Managers. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445659725.
- ^ "Horace Gager". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Horace Gager". The City Ground. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
Categories:
- English Football League players
- Spennymoor United A.F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- 1917 births
- 1984 deaths
- Footballers from the London Borough of Newham
- People from West Ham
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Glentoran F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Irish League representative players
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs