George Wall (20 February 1885 – June 1962) was an English footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Wall[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Boldon Colliery, England | ||
| Date of death | June 1962 (aged 77)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1901 | Boldon Royal Rovers | ||
| 1901–1903 | Whitburn | ||
| 1903 | Jarrow | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1903–1906 | Barnsley | 75 | (24) |
| 1906–1919 | Manchester United | 287 | (89) |
| 1916–1917 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | ||
| 1919–1921 | Oldham Athletic | 74 | (12) |
| 1921–1922 | Hamilton Academical | 34 | (6) |
| 1922–1923 | Rochdale | 30 | (1) |
| 1923–1926 | Ashton National | ||
| 1926–1927 | Manchester Ship Canal | ||
| International career | |||
| 1907–1913 | England | 7 | (2) |
| 1909–1912 | The Football League XI | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Boldon Colliery, County Durham, Wall started his career with Boldon Royal Rovers and played for Whitburn and Jarrow before joining Barnsley in 1903.[3] In almost three years with Barnsley, Wall scored 24 league goals at a rate of almost one goal in every three games.[3] In 1906, he transferred to Manchester United and helped them win the 1908 and 1911 league titles, as well as the 1909 FA Cup.[3] He left the club in 1915 because of World War I and joined Oldham Athletic after the war in 1919.[3]
During the First World War George Wall served in the Black Watch Regiment.[2] After the war he was sold to Oldham Athletic for £200.[3] While at Manchester United he had scored 100 goals, becoming just the third player in the history of the club to achieve this feat, after Joe Cassidy and Sandy Turnbull.[2] On 21 November 1914, in a league match against Tottenham Hotspur he became club's top appearance maker, overtaking Fred Erentz with 311 games to his name.[4] His total of 319 matches was Manchester United's record until 26 April 1920, when Billy Meredith made 320th of his 335 appearances for the club.[5]
He then played for two seasons with Oldham,[3] before travelling north of the border to Hamilton Academical.[6] He returned to England to play for Rochdale a year later, but dropped out of league football in 1923, playing for Ashton National and Manchester Ship Canal.[2] He retired in 1927.[2]
Personal life
editWall's brother Thomas was a reserve team player at Manchester United and was killed during the First World War.[8] Wall died in Manchester, aged 77, in June 1962.[2]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Barnsley | 1903–04[2] | Second Division | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 4 | |
| 1904–05[2] | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 6 | |||
| 1905–06[2] | 31 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | 35 | 15 | |||
| Total | 75 | 24 | 5 | 1 | — | 80 | 25 | |||
| Manchester United | 1905–06[7] | Second Division | 6 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 3 | ||
| 1906–07[7] | First Division | 38 | 11 | 2 | 2 | — | 40 | 13 | ||
| 1907–08[7] | 36 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2[a] | 1 | 42 | 23 | ||
| 1908–09[7] | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | — | 40 | 11 | |||
| 1909–10[7] | 32 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 14 | |||
| 1910–11[7] | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 29 | 6 | |||
| 1911–12[7] | 33 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1[a] | 1 | 40 | 5 | ||
| 1912–13[7] | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | 41 | 12 | |||
| 1913–14[7] | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 11 | |||
| 1914–15[7] | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Total | 287 | 89 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 319 | 100 | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 1919–20[2] | First Division | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | |
| 1920–21[2] | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 8 | |||
| Total | 74 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 74 | 12 | |||
| Hamilton Academical | 1921–22[9] | Scottish First Division | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | |
| Rochdale | 1922–23[2] | Third Division North | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
| Career total | 502 | 132 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 542 | 144 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in FA Charity Shield
Honours
editClub
edit- Manchester United
- Football League First Division (2): 1907–08, 1910–11[7]
- FA Cup (1): 1908–09[7]
- FA Charity Shield (2): 1908, 1911[7]
Cowdenbeath
- Eastern League (1): 1916–17[10]
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 299. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "George Wall – Manchester United". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "George Wall". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "George Wall - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats". www.mufcinfo.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Newton Heath & Manchester United - All Players All Combined Appearances". www.mufc.info.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "1921/22 – Hamilton Academical Memory Bank". sites.google.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "George Wall". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "The players we lost in war". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "1921–22". docs.google.com. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online | Cowden | The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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