George Law (footballer, born 1885)

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George Law
Personal information
Full name George Law
Date of birth (1885-12-13)13 December 1885
Place of birth Arbroath, Scotland
Date of death 9 September 1969(1969-09-09) (aged 83)[1]
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Lochside
Arbroath Dauntless
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1907 Arbroath
1907–1912 Rangers 96 (1)
1912–1916 Leeds City 105 (1)
1916–1919 Rangers 4 (0)
1917 → Partick Thistle (loan) 4 (0)
1919–1922 Arbroath 32 (0)
Total 241 (2)
National team
1910 Scotland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

George Law (13 December 1885 – 9 September 1969) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back.

He began his career at local club Arbroath and moved to Rangers in 1907. Law became a favourite among the Ibrox fans for his determined, hard-tackling defensive style. Playing during the William Wilton era, he won a Scottish league championship medal in 1911, one Glasgow Cup, and two Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups. He never won a Scottish Cup, but did play in the abandoned 1909 Scottish Cup Final.[2]

Law left Rangers and moved to Leeds City in 1912.[3] During World War I he returned to Glasgow to work at shipyards on the River Clyde, signing again for Rangers[1][4] and spending a short time on loan with Partick Thistle.[5] He returned to part-time Arbroath in the early 1920s.[6] After retirement from football, he went into the motor engineering business.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. ^ (Rangers player) Law, George, FitbaStats
  3. ^ Leeds City Players Details : No.89 : Law, George, Leeds United F.C. History
  4. ^ (Rangers player) Law, ?, FitbaStats
  5. ^ George Law, The Thistle Archive
  6. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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