George Hunter (footballer, born 1885)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Charles Hunter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1885[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Nowshehra, British India | ||
| Date of death | March 1934 (aged 48)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Lambeth, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Maidstone United | |||
| 1907–1908 | Croydon Common | 13 | (1) |
| 1908–1912 | Aston Villa | 91 | (1) |
| 1912–1913 | Oldham Athletic | 40 | (1) |
| 1913–1914 | Chelsea | 30 | (2) |
| 1914–1915 | Manchester United | 22 | (2) |
| 1915–1916 | → Croydon Common (wartime) | 18 | (3) |
| 1916–1917 | → Southampton (wartime) | 17 | (0) |
| 1916–1918 | → Brentford (wartime) | 18 | (0) |
| 1918–1919 | → Birmingham (wartime) | 21 | (2) |
| 1919 | Portsmouth | 8 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| The Football League XI | 2 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
George Charles Hunter (2 June 1885 – March 1934) was an English footballer who played as a half back.
Club career
Born in Nowshehra, British India, he played for Aston Villa, Oldham Athletic, and Chelsea in his early years.[1] In March 1914, he was sold to Manchester United.[2] He captained the side during the 1914–15 season and would stay with United until January 1915, when his contract was cancelled for a training ground incident.[2] He played for Croydon Common, Southampton, Brentford and Birmingham as a guest player during the First World War and finished his career with Portsmouth of the Southern League in the 1919–20 season.[1][3][4]
Military service
Hunter joined the Royal West Kent Regiment of the British Army in December 1903, rising through the ranks to lance corporal by February 1906.[2] He served in Malta, but was found guilty of theft and receiving stolen goods by court-martial in December 1906, serving 140 days hard labour before being discharged in May 1907.[2] Over a year after the outbreak of the First World War, Hunter enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment in September 1915 and served in the 10th (Reserve) Battalion until June 1916.[2] He was sent to France to join the 9th (Service) Battalion in August 1916, but bouts of dysentery saw him posted back to Britain as a fitness instructor.[2] He was demobbed after the Armistice in November 1918.[2]
Personal life
After his retirement from football, Hunter worked as a sports writer.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 148. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "George Hunter | Football and the First World War". Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ↑ "Croydon Common FC - George Hunter" (PDF).
- ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–365. ISBN 0951526200.
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| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Stacey |
Manchester United captain 1914–1915 |
Succeeded by Patrick O'Connell |