Reg Gore

Reg Gore

Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-08-01)1 August 1913
Place of birth	Clay Cross, England
Date of death	8 December 1996 (1996-12-09) (aged 83)
Place of death	Mansfield, England
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Willamthorpe Colliery
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1933	Chesterfield	0	(0)
1933–1934	Birmingham	0	(0)
1934–1935	Southport	16	(2)
1935–1936	South Liverpool
1936–1937	Rhyl Athletic
1937–1938	Frickley Colliery
1938–1942	West Ham United	5	(1)
1941–1947	St Mirren
1947–1948	Cowdenbeath
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reginald Gore (1 August 1913 – 8 December 1996) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Clay Cross, Gore played for his local colliery club before being signed as a professional by Chesterfield but never made a first team appearance for the club. He next moved to Birmingham where he again failed to make a first team appearance before transferring to Southport, where he made his Football League debut. He then fell back into non-league football before impressing whilst at Midland League club Frickley Colliery in an exhibition game against West Ham and was signed by the London club where he again played in the Football League. During the war he made guest appearances for West Ham and St Mirren for who he later signed professionally following the war.

Cricket

Gore also played cricket alongside his professional football career, playing for Clay Cross and Ferguslie.

External links

• Official Frickley Athletic museum and hall of fame website