George Ansell

George Ansell
Personnel
Surname	George Thomas Leonard Ansell
birthday	November 28, 1909
place of birth	Worthing ,  England
date of death	October 7, 1988
Place of death	Stafford ,  England
position	Half-striker
Juniors
Years	station
	Steyning Grammar School
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Oxford University AFC
	Corinthians FC
	Worthing FC
1930-1933	Brighton & Hove Albion	6 (1)
1936	Norwich City	4 (0)
	Kimbolton Town
	Eynesbury Rovers
1 Only league games are given.

George Thomas Leonard Ansell (born November 28, 1909 in Worthing , † October 7, 1988 in Stafford ) was an English football player .

Career

Ansell came to Oxford in 1927 and studied classical philology at Jesus College for four years. In the years 1929 to 1931 he played as a striker three times in a row for Oxford University AFC in the varsity match against Cambridge University AFC . During this time he also played for the famous amateur team Corinthians FC , for which he scored 12 goals in 22 appearances and was part of the squad on a tour to Switzerland in April 1930. In addition, he was - as an amateur there were almost no restrictions on his eligibility to play - active for the club in his hometown FC Worthing . For Worthing, Ansell scored both goals in the final against Southwick FC when winning the Sussex Senior Cup in 1929 .

In 1930 Ansell, who could be called up as a half or center forward , came as an amateur to Brighton & Hove Albion , in August 1931 he was registered as a professional. His debut in the Football League Third Division South in April 1932 against Gillingham FC followed in the 1932/33 season five more appearances in the league and an appearance in the qualifying round of the FA Cup , where he scored a goal in both competitions. In April 1933 he left Brighton and took a job as a teacher in Scarborough . At the end of the 1935/36 season he appeared again in the Football League when he played four games for Norwich City in the Football League Second Division and remained undefeated. As a result, he was active in amateur football for Kimbolton Town and the Eynesbury Rovers until after World War II and was a teacher at the Kimbolton School in Huntingdonshire until his retirement in 1969 .

literature

• Tim Carder, Roger Harris: Albion A – Z - A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion FC Goldstone Books, Brighton 1997, ISBN 0-9521337-1-7 , pp. 15 .
• Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . 2nd revised edition. Soccerdata, Nottingham 2004, ISBN 1-899468-67-6 , pp. 10 .
• Mike Davage: Glorious Canaries - Past and Present 1902-1994 . Norwich City FC Ltd, Brighton 1994, ISBN 0-9523857-0-8 , pp. 17 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Colin Weir: The History of Oxford University Association Football Club, 1872-1998 . Yore Publications, Harefield 1998, ISBN 1-874427-82-8 , pp. 153 .