George Raitt

George Raitt

Personal information
Date of birth	(1888-08-14)14 August 1888
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Date of death	24 June 1960(1960-06-24) (aged 71)
Place of death	Brighton, Australia[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1909–1911	Cambuslang Rangers
1911–1912	Huddersfield Town	6	(0)
1913–1925	Melbourne Thistle
International career
1924	Australia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Peter Raitt (14 August 1888 – 24 June 1960) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.

Raitt moved to Victoria in Australia where he played for Melbourne Thistle, winning premierships in 1914 and 1915[2] and the league-cup double in 1925.[3] He captained the first touring Victorian state team in 1914 and continued to appear in representative teams for the state up to 1925.[4]

Raitt played three internationals for Australia, his one full A-international coming in a loss to Canada in 1924 at the age of 35.[4][5]

He died in 1960 in Melbourne.[6]

Footnotes

1. "In Memoriam". The Huddersfield Town Collection. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
2. Punshon, John. "Victorian Premier League Champions". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
3. Punshon, John. "Dockerty Cup". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
4. Howe (2018), Encyclopedia of Socceroos, p. 227.
5. Owen, R. H. (28 June 1924). "Great Half-Back – Raitt's Soccer Record". The Sporting Globe. No. 200. Victoria, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Mr. G. Raitt Dies at 72". The Age. 27 June 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

References

• Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.
• Andrew Howe (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every National Team Player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0648133308.