George Youds

George Youds

Personal information
Full name	George Youds[1]
Date of birth	1872[2]
Place of birth	Burslem, Staffordshire, England[2]
Date of death	1937[2]
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
	Kettering Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1892–1897	Burslem Port Vale	56	(0)
Total		56	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

George Youds (1872–1937) was a footballer who played at left-back. He played 53 league games in the Football League for Burslem Port Vale.

The Burslem Port Vale team in 1894.

Playing career

Youds, a potters turner,^[2] joined Burslem Port Vale from Kettering Town in November 1892.^[1] He played twice in 1892–93, the club's first season in the Football League.^[1] He featured 23 times in 1893–94, helping the club to seventh in the Second Division.^[1] He played 33 of Vale's 34 games in 1895–96, after which the club failed re-election and were demoted to the Midland League.^[1] He played a total of 62 games (53 in the Football League) before being leaving the Athletic Ground sometime in 1897.^[1] After retiring he became an electric turner, and married a woman called Betsy Fairbanks, settling at 3 Lorne Street.^[2]

Statistics

• Sourced from George Youds profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1892–93	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1893–94	Second Division	22	0	1	0	23	0
	1894–95	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1895–96	Second Division	29	0	2	0	31	0
	1896–97	Midland League	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		56	0	3	0	59	0

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 319. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. "YOUD and YOUDS of Cheshire". ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.