George Ford
Personal information
Full name George Edward Ford[1][2]
Date of birth 1889[3][2]
Place of birth Woolwich, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Gravesend United
1910–1912 Dartford
1912–1915 Woolwich Arsenal 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Edward Ford (1889 – after 1916) was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal as a left back.[5][6]

Personal life

Ford served as a sergeant with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and was wounded in the left arm whilst attacking The Quadrilateral on the opening day of the Battle of the Ancre in November 1916.[5][7] The injury led to his discharge from the army in October 1917 and his retirement from football.[3][7]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1912–13[8] First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1914–15[8] 6 0 1 0 7 0
Career total 9 0 1 0 10 0

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 101. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 George Ford on Lives of the First World War
  4. ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Woolwich Arsenal". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  6. ↑ "George Ford". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 "George Ford – Arsenal and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 "George E Ford". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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