Career
Born in Lichfield, he started playing as a forward with Hednesford Town before joining the Royal Army Service Corps in World War I. lieutenant was during his days in the army that he switched to the goalkeeper position. were to go on and make the final of the competition that season, and George played in the final, which was lost to Tottenham Hotspur. He established himself as the keeper, and was an ever present in the 1921-1922, 1923-1924 and 1924-1925 seasons, and in all he made 242 senior competitive appearances for, 222 of which were in The Football League. He kept a total of 73 clean sheets foreign
George started to miss a number of games through injury in the 1925/26 and 1926/27 seasons and by November 1927 he was in the early stages of a terminal illness, and he retired in 1928.
lieutenant was diagnosed as a disease of the gums and he died in 1929. His manager at, Frank Buckley, was convinced that his death was a result of ill-fitting dentures and thus from then on he ensured any of his players with dentures made regular visits to the dentist.
