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George Forbes (footballer, born 1914)

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George Forbes
Personal information
Full name George Parrott Forbes[1]
Date of birth (1914-07-21)21 July 1914[1]
Place of birth Dukinfield, England
Date of death 28 November 1964(1964-11-28) (aged 50)[1]
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

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  1. ^ a b c d e "George Forbes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Fagan to Fulham". Mossleyweb. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Fagan–Futcher". ashtonutd.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.