George Wall

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George Wall

George Wall (born February 20, 1885 in Bolden Colliery near Sunderland , † April 1962 in Manchester ), also known by the nickname The Geordie , was an English football player on the position of a striker who was part of the first two championship teams of the English record champions Manchester United belonged.

Life

About a century before Ryan Giggs played a left winger with the Red Devils for more than a decade, George Wall held the same position at Manchester United for almost a decade.

The Geordie was the best left winger in the first great period of the association, as the Red Devils before the outbreak of World War two Liga titles and the FA Cup won.

Wall first played in various youth teams in his home region in the north-east of England, before he made his breakthrough at second division club Barnsley . Finally, the in was 1905/06 season also in the second division playing Manchester United FC attention to his talent and brought him in April 1906 to Manchester, already on 7 April 1906 when one where it: 0 away win against Leyton Orient used came and made the promotion with his new team.

In his first premier league season in 1906/07 he played all 38 Red Devils games and scored eleven goals. In the following season he made 36 appearances, scored 19 goals and was part of the first championship team in Manchester United history. Another championship title ( 1910/11 ) and a victory in the FA Cup ( 1909 ) as well as two successes in the FA Charity Shield (1908 and 1911) followed by 1911.

After the war-related interruption of the football competition, Wall signed with the Oldham Athletic AFC , where he was under contract from 1919 to 1921. He then played one season at the Scottish Hamilton Academical FC , before he later worked for a few years in the Manchester Docks and last played there (until 1927) for the team of Manchester Ship Canal FC .

Between March 18, 1907 (1: 1 against Wales) and February 15, 1915 (2: 2 against Ireland) Wall completed seven international matches for the English national team , for which he scored both goals in the home game against Scotland on April 3, 1909 Contributed 2-0 victory of his team.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography at IFFHS
  2. ↑ England - International Results 1900-1919 - details in the database of RSSSF (English)
personal data
SURNAME Wall, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Geordie (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolden Colliery , England
DATE OF DEATH April 1962
Place of death Manchester , England