George Harrison
Harrison's grave in York Road Cemetery, Church Gresley
Personal information
Date of birth (1892-07-18)18 July 1892[1]
Place of birth Church Gresley, England
Date of death 12 February 1939(1939-02-12) (aged 46)
Place of death Church Gresley, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1911 Gresley Rovers 11 (1)
1911–1913 Leicester Fosse 59 (9)
1913–1923 Everton 190 (17)
1914–1916 → Rangers (loan)
1923–1931 Preston North End 274 (72)
1931–1932 Blackpool 16 (2)
Total 537 (101)
International career
1921 England 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Harrison (18 July 1892 – 12 February 1939) was an English international footballer who played as an outside left.

Early and personal life

Harrison was born in Church Gresley in Derbyshire.[2] He was also known as Jud Harrison.[3] He had two older siblings, and four younger siblings.[2] He had a son (also called George) born in June 1912, and married in May 1913.[2]

Club career

Harrison spent his early career with Gresley Rovers and Leicester Fosse.[2][4] He played for Everton between 1913 and 1923.[5] He won the First Division Championship with Everton in 1915.[4] He was loaned to Rangers in December 1914, subsequently joining the Scots Guards.[2] His football career was interrupted by World War One; Harrison joined the Army in February 1916 and served as a guardsman, being demobilised in October 1919.[2] During the war he fought in the Battle of Passchendaele and was gassed.[4] After leaving Everton in 1923 he played for Preston North End and Blackpool before retiring in 1932.[2]

International career

He earned two caps for England in 1921, playing against Belgium in a 2–0 victory and against Ireland in a 1–1 draw.[3][6]

Later life and death

He later became the licensee of a pub in Preston and also the licensee of the Rising Sun pub in Church Gresley.[2]

He died on 12 February 1939 aged 46, with his funeral being held in Church Gresley four days later.[2] He had been found by his son with throat wounds in the bathroom, and an inquest ruled the death as suicide,[2] as he suffered from depression.[4]

References

  1. ↑ George Harrison at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "England Players - George Harrison". www.englandfootballonline.com.
  3. 1 2 George Harrison at Englandstats.com
  4. 1 2 3 4 "George Harrison - Player Database - Gresley FC Online". www.gresleyfc.com.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  6. ↑ George Harrison, 1892-1939. EFC Heritage Society.
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