Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1870[1] | ||
Place of birth | Dunblane, Scotland | ||
Date of death | (aged 46) [2] | ||
Place of death | Somme, France [2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Sunderland Albion | |||
1892–1894 | Burnley | 33 | (2) |
Millwall Athletic | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George King (1870 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Burnley. [3]
King served as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916. [4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1870[1] | ||
Place of birth | Dunblane, Scotland | ||
Date of death | (aged 46) [2] | ||
Place of death | Somme, France [2] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Sunderland Albion | |||
1892–1894 | Burnley | 33 | (2) |
Millwall Athletic | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George King (1870 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Burnley. [3]
King served as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916. [4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. [2]