George Forbes (footballer, born 1914)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Parrott Forbes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1914[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dukinfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 28 November 1964 (aged 50)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Barrow, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1933 | Crescent Road Congregational | ||
| 1933–193? | Mossley | (1) | |
| 193?–1937 | Hyde United | ||
| 1937–1946 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (1) |
| 1946 | Hurst | 0 | (0) |
| 1946–1950 | Barrow | 177 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Parrott Forbes (21 July 1914 – 28 November 1964) was an English professional footballer who made 179 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Blackburn Rovers and Barrow either side of the Second World War.[1] He also played non-league football for Crescent Road Congregational, Mossley, Hyde United and Hurst.[2][3] Forbes was born in 1914 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, and died in 1964 at the age of 50 in Barrow-in-Furness, which was then in Lancashire.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "George Forbes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Fagan to Fulham". Mossleyweb. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Fagan–Futcher". ashtonutd.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.