George Forbes (footballer, born 1914)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Parrott Forbes[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 July 1914||
Place of birth | Dukinfield, England | ||
Date of death | 28 November 1964[1] | (aged 50)||
Place of death | Barrow, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–1933 | Crescent Road Congregational | ||
1933–193? | Mossley | (1) | |
193?–1937 | Hyde United | ||
1937–1946 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (1) |
1946 | Hurst | 0 | (0) |
1946–1950 | Barrow | 177 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Parrott Forbes (21 July 1914 – 28 November 1964) was an English professional footballer who made 179 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Blackburn Rovers and Barrow either side of the Second World War.[1] He also played non-league football for Crescent Road Congregational, Mossley, Hyde United and Hurst.[2][3] Forbes was born in 1914 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, and died in 1964 at the age of 50 in Barrow-in-Furness, which was then in Lancashire.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "George Forbes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Fagan to Fulham". Mossleyweb. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Fagan–Futcher". ashtonutd.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1964 deaths
- People from Dukinfield
- Footballers from Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from Tameside (district)
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Mossley A.F.C. players
- Hyde United F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Ashton United F.C. players
- Barrow A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs