Career
His 63 goals in all competitions in one season (1926-1927) for Middlesbrough is a club record, and he also holds the highest goals-to-games ratio for England of anyone who has played more than a single international. Club career
Born in Framwellgate Moor, Durham City in 1902, Camsell worked as a miner and played for Durham City. He caught the attention of Middlesbrough after scoring 21 goals in 20 games in a season and signed for Middlesbrough on 6 October 1925 for the sum of £500.
His début was against Nottingham Forest on 31 October 1925.
Between 1925 and 1939, Camsell scored 345 goals in 453 games for Middlesbrough, including 325 league goals, (the fifth-highest English total of all-time). The Middlesbrough club record of 59 league goals in 37 games and 63 goals in all competitions in one season is held by him.
This remains the second-highest number of league goals scored and the equal highest number in all competitions in one English league season, behind Dixie Dean"s 60 league and 100 total a year later. His goals included 24 hat-tricks for the club
He played his last League game for Middlesbrough against Leicester City at Ayresome Park on 10 April 1939, in a 3–2 victory.
Camsell scored the opening goal. International career
This is the highest goals-to-games ratio of anyone who has played more than a single international. He scored in every match he played for England.
His nine consecutive scoring appearances are second only to Steve Bloomer.
During the Second World War, Camsell worked in local factories. After the War, he worked for Middlesbrough"s backroom staff, firstly as a scout, where he discovered a young Brian Clough.
He then became a coach and eventually the club"s assistant secretary. Camsell retired in 1963 and died in 1966, aged 63, shortly before that year"s World Cup.
A suite at Middlesbrough"s Riverside Stadium is named after him and in 2015, calls began for a statue of Camsell to be placed outside the stadium, joining those of George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion.
A club spokesman said that such an honour could not be ruled out, adding: "As a club we honour and respect our former heroes and George Camsell is certainly one of those.".