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George
Utley |
Barnsley FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 1: A 2
0% successful
1913
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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George Utley |
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Birth |
16 May 1887 in
Reform Row (left), Elsecar, near Barnsley, West
Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Barnsley, June 1887]. |
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According to the 1891
census, George is here the youngest of seven children to James and Mary (née
Butterworth) and they are living at 21 Reform Row in the Elsecar area of
Nether Hoyland. His father is a water engine tenter at the coal mine.
There were three more older sisters who had moved away before this census. |
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According to the 1901
census, George, an apprentice joiner, is the youngest of the six children
now living at 146 Reform Row in Elsecar with their parents. His father is
the pumping engine tenter at the coal mine. |
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Cannot be found
on the 1911 census. |
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First marriage |
to Hannah Blackburn
[registered in Chesterfield, September 1914]. Hannah died
mid-1934. |
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According to the 1921
census, George, an athletics outfitter, and married to Hannah, is visiting
the home of the Clubley's at Stanley Holme at Rossall Beach in Fleetwood. |
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Second marriage |
to Judith Brierley
[registered in Fylde, December 1936]. |
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According to the 1939 register, George, a poultry farmer, is married to
Judith and they live at 'Peace Haven' on Thornton Gate in Thornton
Cleveleys. |
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Death |
8 January 1966 at 15 Queen's Walk, Cleveley,
Blackpool,
aged
78 years 237 days
[registered in Fylde, March 1966]. Left £15,605 to
Midland's Bank. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his junior career playing with his local side, Elsecar FC. Also
played with Wentworth FC, during which he signed amateur forms with The
Wednesday FC in 1906. But a knee injury prevented any debut and he
returned to Elsecar. Barnsley FC signed Utley in 1907 as a forward.
He soon settled in his half-back slot, becoming club captain, and
after 170 league appearances and eight goals, Sheffield United FC
signed him for a record transfer fee £2000 on 17 November 1913,
where he made another 103 league appearances, scoring just four goals,
again becoming the club captain. On 21 September 1922, he signed with Manchester City FC,
a made a solitary league appearance. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1909-10, winners
1911-12, 1914-15; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 13st.
0lbs [1911]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven who became the 361st players
(364) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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Only match |
No.
114, 15 February 1913, Ireland 2 England 1, a
British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
25 years
275 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1912-13; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1912-13; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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For many years, a cricket coach
at Rossall Public School, in Lancashire, an appointment made long before.
Also in 1914, took over the sports outfitting business that had for long
been run by Sheffield United trainer, George Waller. Took up the training
of players when he finished playing, namely Bristol City FC from 12 November
1923. Back at The Wednesday from May 1924. Fulham FC from July 1925 until
1928. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.253. |
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