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George Wall
Personal information
Full name George Wall[1]
Date of birth (1885-02-20)20 February 1885
Place of birth Boldon Colliery, England
Date of death June 1962 (1962-07) (aged 77)[2]
Place of death Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
0000–1901 Boldon Royal Rovers
1901–1903 Whitburn
1903 Jarrow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1906 Barnsley 75 (24)
1906–1919 Manchester United 287 (89)
1916–1917 → Cowdenbeath (loan)
1919–1921 Oldham Athletic 74 (12)
1921–1922 Hamilton Academical 34 (6)
1922–1923 Rochdale 30 (1)
1923–1926 Ashton National
1926–1927 Manchester Ship Canal
International career
1907–1913 England 7 (2)
1909–1912 The Football League XI 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Wall (20 February 1885 – June 1962) was an English footballer.

Career

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Born in Boldon Colliery, County Durham, Wall started his career with Boldon Royal Rovers and played for Whitburn and Jarrow before joining Barnsley in 1903.[3] In almost three years with Barnsley, Wall scored 24 league goals at a rate of almost one goal in every three games.[3] In 1906, he transferred to Manchester United and helped them win the 1908 and 1911 league titles, as well as the 1909 FA Cup.[3] He left the club in 1915 because of World War I and joined Oldham Athletic after the war in 1919.[3]

During the First World War George Wall served in the Black Watch Regiment.[2] After the war he was sold to Oldham Athletic for £200.[3] While at Manchester United he had scored 100 goals, becoming just the third player in the history of the club to achieve this feat, after Joe Cassidy and Sandy Turnbull.[2] On 21 November 1914, in a league match against Tottenham Hotspur he became club's top appearance maker, overtaking Fred Erentz with 311 games to his name.[4] His total of 319 matches was Manchester United's record until 26 April 1920, when Billy Meredith made 320th of his 335 appearances for the club.[5]

He then played for two seasons with Oldham,[3] before travelling north of the border to Hamilton Academical.[6] He returned to England to play for Rochdale a year later, but dropped out of league football in 1923, playing for Ashton National and Manchester Ship Canal.[2] He retired in 1927.[2]

Wall also won seven caps for England, scoring two goals.[7]

Personal life

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Wall's brother Thomas was a reserve team player at Manchester United and was killed during the First World War.[8] Wall died in Manchester, aged 77, in June 1962.[2]

Career statistics

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Club Season Division League National Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Barnsley 1903–04[2] Second Division 16 4 0 0 — 16 4
1904–05[2] 30 6 1 0 — 31 6
1905–06[2] 31 14 4 1 — 35 15
Total 75 24 5 1 — 80 25
Manchester United 1905–06[7] Second Division 6 3 — — 6 3
1906–07[7] First Division 38 11 2 2 — 40 13
1907–08[7] 36 19 4 3 2[a] 1 42 23
1908–09[7] 34 11 6 0 — 40 11
1909–10[7] 32 14 1 0 — 33 14
1910–11[7] 26 5 3 1 — 29 6
1911–12[7] 33 3 6 1 1[a] 1 40 5
1912–13[7] 36 10 5 2 — 41 12
1913–14[7] 29 11 1 0 — 30 11
1914–15[7] 17 2 1 0 — 18 2
Total 287892993 2319 100
Oldham Athletic 1919–20[2] First Division 40 4 0 0 — 40 4
1920–21[2] 34 8 0 0 — 34 8
Total 74 12 0 0 — 74 12
Hamilton Academical 1921–22[9] Scottish First Division 34 6 0 0 — 34 6
Rochdale 1922–23[2] Third Division North 30 1 1 0 — 31 1
Career total 502 132 37 10 3 2 542 144
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in FA Charity Shield

Honours

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Club

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Manchester United

Cowdenbeath

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 299. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "George Wall – Manchester United". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "George Wall". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ "George Wall - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats". www.mufcinfo.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Newton Heath & Manchester United - All Players All Combined Appearances". www.mufc.info.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  6. ^ "1921/22 – Hamilton Academical Memory Bank". sites.google.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "George Wall". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  8. ^ "The players we lost in war". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  9. ^ "1921–22". docs.google.com. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online | Cowden | The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
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