|
George
Waterfield |
Burnley FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 3: A 3
50% successful
1927
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
|
 |
|
Timeline |
| |
George Smith Waterfield |
|
Birth |
2 June 1901 at 92 Station Street in Swinton,
Rotherham, West Riding of
Yorkshire [registered in
Rotherham, September 1901].
George was born on his parents
seventeenth wedding anniversary. |
|
|
According to the 1901 census,
Elizabeth (née Depledge) is pregnant with the child that would become
George. He will be the youngest of six. His father, George, is a coal mine
hewer, and they live at 92 Station Street in Swinton. |
|
|
According to the 1911 census,
ten year old schoolboy George is here the youngest of five, still living
at 92 Station Street. His father is still a coal mine hewer. The census
reveals that George is one of ten, and that four have died. |
|
|
According to the
1921 census, George Smith, a surfaceworker at Manvers Main Colliery, is
the younger of the two sons still living at home at 92 Station Street with
his widowed mother.
According to West Yorkshire Electoral
Registers, George Samuel was still at 92 Station Street in 1924-25 |
|
Marriage |
to
Nellie Bradshaw [registered in Burnley,
June
1925]. They had two children, Jean (b.2 May 1926) and Jack (b.18
December 1930). Nellie died on 8 October 1955 |
|
|
According to the 1939
register and the Lancashire Electoral Register, George is a licensee married to Nellie, living at McKenzie Arms
Hotel, on the corner of Club Street and Wesly Street, in Walton-le-Dale,
with their two children. |
|
Death |
30 October 1988
at 64 Brownhill Drive in Padgate, Warrington, aged
87 years 150 days
[registered in Preston & South Ribble, December 1988]. |
|
Probate |
"WATERFIELD, George
of 64 Brownhill Dv Padgate Warrington died 30 October 1988 Probate Liverpool 14 March £85648." |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
|
Playing Career |
|
Club(s) |
Began his
career playing with his local side, Swinton FC, moving onto Mexborough FC
in the Midland League, before Burnley FC signed Waterfield as an
outside-left in October 1923 for a £450 transfer fee, being moved to the
'back' position before the end of the season with remarkable results.
After Burnley placed Waterfield on the free transfer list, after
373 league appearances and five goals, Crystal Palace FC signed
him on 13 June 1935, where he appeared in just two league
matches. Before he was signed by Nelson FC on 30 January 1936. |
|
Club honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
None |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
0lbs [1929]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
One
of five who became 512th
player (513) to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Left-back |
|
Only match |
No. 152,
12 February 1927,
Wales
3
England 3,
a British Championship match at
The Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged 25 years
255 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1926-27; |
|
Team honours |
British Championship shared 1926-27; |
|
Individual honours |
None |
|
Distinctions |
Died six days
after Harold Miller, 22 days after Jackie Milburn, 25 days after Ron
Staniforth and 27 days after Eddie Shimwell.
Waterfield is the fifth
ex-England player to die in October 1988, making this the deadliest month
(excluding February 1958). |
|
Beyond England |
|
No extra information, but according
to the 1939 register, we know Waterfield was in Walton-le-Dale with his
family, employed as a licensee in the McKenzie Arms. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.261. |
England
Football Online