George Hunter (footballer, born 1885)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Charles Hunter[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 June 1885||
Place of birth | Nowshera, Punjab, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) | ||
Date of death | 1967[2] | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Portsmouth, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Maidstone United | |||
1907–1908 | Croydon Common | 13 | (1) |
1908–1912 | Aston Villa | 91 | (1) |
1912–1913 | Oldham Athletic | 40 | (1) |
1913–1914 | Chelsea | 30 | (2) |
1914–1915 | Manchester United | 22 | (2) |
1915–1916 | → Croydon Common (wartime) | 18 | (3) |
1916–1917 | → Southampton (wartime) | 17 | (0) |
1916–1918 | → Brentford (wartime) | 18 | (0) |
1918–1919 | → Birmingham (wartime) | 21 | (2) |
1919 | Portsmouth | 8 | (0) |
National team | |||
The Football League XI | 2 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
George Charles Hunter (2 June 1885 – 1967) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back in the Football League for Aston Villa, Oldham Athletic, Chelsea and Manchester United.
Career[]
Born in Nowshera, British India, Hunter played for Aston Villa, Oldham Athletic and Chelsea during his early career.[1] In March 1914, he was sold to Manchester United.[2] He captained the club during the 1914–15 season and stayed with United until January 1915, when his contract was cancelled due to a training ground incident.[2] He played for Croydon Common, Southampton, Brentford and Birmingham as a guest player during the First World War and finished his career with Portsmouth of the Southern League during the 1919–20 season.[1][3][4]
Military service[]
Hunter joined the Royal West Kent Regiment of the British Army in December 1903, rising through the ranks to lance corporal by February 1906.[2] He served in Malta, but was found guilty of theft and receiving stolen goods by court-martial in December 1906 and served 140 days hard labour before being discharged in May 1907.[2]
Over a year after the outbreak of the First World War, Hunter enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment in September 1915 and served in the 10th (Reserve) Battalion until June 1916.[2] He was sent to France to join the 9th (Service) Battalion in August 1916, but bouts of dysentery saw him posted back to Britain as a fitness instructor.[2] He was demobbed after the Armistice in November 1918.[2]
Personal life[]
After his retirement from football, Hunter worked as a sports writer.[2]
Career statistics[]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Croydon Common | 1907–08[3] | Southern League Second Division | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
Aston Villa | 1908–09[3] | First Division | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
1909–10[3] | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
1910–11[3] | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
1911–12[3] | 11 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
Total | 91 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 1 | ||
Oldham Athletic | 1911–12[3] | First Division | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
1912–13[3] | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Total | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
Chelsea | 1912–13[3] | First Division | 11 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | |
1913–14[3] | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
Total | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
Manchester United | 1913–14[3] | First Division | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
1914–15[3] | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
Total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
Portsmouth | 1919–20[3] | Southern League First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Career Total | 204 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 220 | 7 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 148. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "George Hunter". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "George Hunter" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
External links[]
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- Croydon Common F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. wartime guest players
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