Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Edward Ford [1] [2] | ||
Date of birth | 1889 [3] [2] | ||
Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Gravesend United | |||
1910–1912 | Dartford | ||
1912–1915 | Woolwich Arsenal | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Edward Ford (1889 – after 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal as a left back. [5] [6]
Ford served as a sergeant with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and was wounded in the left arm whilst attacking The Quadrilateral on the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre in November 1916. [5] [7] The injury led to his discharge from the army in October 1917 and his retirement from football. [3] [7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Woolwich Arsenal | 1912–13 [8] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1914–15 [8] | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Career total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | George Edward Ford [1] [2] | ||
Date of birth | 1889 [3] [2] | ||
Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Gravesend United | |||
1910–1912 | Dartford | ||
1912–1915 | Woolwich Arsenal | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Edward Ford (1889 – after 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal as a left back. [5] [6]
Ford served as a sergeant with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and was wounded in the left arm whilst attacking The Quadrilateral on the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre in November 1916. [5] [7] The injury led to his discharge from the army in October 1917 and his retirement from football. [3] [7]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Woolwich Arsenal | 1912–13 [8] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1914–15 [8] | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Career total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |