George King (Scottish footballer)

George King
Personal information
Date of birth 1870 (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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ^ George King on Lives of the First World War
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details: George King". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ^ "George King – Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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