George Warren (footballer)

George Warren
Personal information
Full name George Warren[1]
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England
Date of death 16 May 1917 (aged 36–37)[2]
Place of death Loos-en-Gohelle, France[2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1898 Rangermoor Albion
1898–1899 Burton Swifts 2 (0)
1899–1900 Sheppey United
1900–1903 Hinckley Town
1903–1904 Leicester Fosse 21 (7)
1904–1905 Gresley Rovers 27 (11)
1905–1906 Hinckley United
1906–1907 Nuneaton Town (22)
1907–1911 Coventry City 73 (31)
1911 Willenhall Swifts
1911 Stockport County 3 (0)
1911–1912 Dudley
1912–1913 Nuneaton Town (12)
Hinckley United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Warren (1880 – 16 May 1917) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse, Burton Swifts and Stockport County as a forward.[1][3][4] He also played in the Southern League for Coventry City and was nicknamed "Tubby".[5][6][7] He was described as "a great centre-forward" who possessed "an invaluable capacity for keeping opposing defences guessing".[4]

Personal life

As of 1901, Warren was working as a plumber in Hinckley.[8] He married in 1903 and had two children before his wife died in 1915.[8] At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Warren was the licensed victualler of the Three Tuns Inn, Hinckley.[8] In December 1915, 18 months after the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in the Army Reserve and remarried in 1916 and had another child.[8] In April 1917, Warren was posted to the Western Front as a private in the Army Service Corps and was killed just one month later in the Loos Salient, while serving with the York and Lancaster Regiment.[9] He was buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester Fosse 1903–04[10] Second Division 21 7 0 0 21 7
Coventry City 1907–08[5] Southern League First Division 6 6 0 0 6 6
1908–09[5] Southern League First Division 31 15 2 1 33 16
1909–10[5] Southern League First Division 17 9 5 2 22 11
1910–11[5] Southern League First Division 25 7 0 0 25 7
Total 73 31 7 3 80 34
Stockport County 1911–12[11] Second Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 97 38 7 3 104 41

Honours

Nuneaton Town

  • Atherstone Nursing Cup: 1912–13[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 302. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Nuneaton Town 1894-1919 Part 1" (PDF). 11 January 2024. p. 68.
  4. ^ a b c "Nuneaton Town 1894–1919 Part 2" (PDF). pp. 25–46, 174, 241. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e "George Warren". 11v11.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "George Warren – Player Database". Gresley FC Online. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Warren George "Tubby" Coventry City 1909". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d "George Warren. Warwickshire Footballer, WW1 Casualty". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Leicester Fosse & The First World War: George Warren". www.lcfc.com. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ "George Warren | Leicester City career stats". FoxesHistory. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  11. ^ Watts, Ian. "George Warren County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 13 June 2017.


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