George Ford (footballer)

George Ford
Personal information
Full name George E Ford[1]
Date of birth 1891
Place of birth Woolwich, England
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gravesend United
1910–1912 Dartford
1912–1915 Woolwich Arsenal 9 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

George E Ford was an English amateur football left back who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal.[2]

Personal life

Ford served as a sergeant with the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War and was wounded in the left arm near Serre, Somme in November 1916.[2] The injury led to his retirement from football.[3]

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 101. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  3. "George Ford - Arsenal and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
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