George Willshaw
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George James Willshaw[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1912 | ||
Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
Date of death | September 1993[1] | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Bournemouth, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933–1934 | Southall | ||
1934–1936 | Walthamstow Avenue | ||
1936–1938 | Southend United | 28 | (6) |
1938–1939 | Bristol City | 34 | (9) |
1939–1947 | Leyton Orient | 12 | (2) |
1947 | Margate | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George James Willshaw (18 October 1912 – September 1993) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City, Southend United and Leyton Orient as an outside left.[1][3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Willshaw served in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Leyton Orient | 1946–47[5] | Third Division South | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Career total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "George Willshaw". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Southend United. Staff of 25". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xi – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ "Willshaw George Bristol City 1938". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ a b Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). pp. 131–132. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
Categories:
- English Football League players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
- People from Hackney, London
- 1912 births
- 1993 deaths
- Southall F.C. players
- Walthamstow Avenue F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Margate F.C. players
- British military personnel of World War II
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football forward, 1910s birth stubs