Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Melville Furr[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1885[2] | ||
Place of birth | Barnet, England[2] | ||
Date of death | 2 January 1967[2] | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Letchworth, England[2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside right | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Hitchin St John's | |||
Hitchin Town | |||
1906 | Biggleswade | ||
1906–1909 | Watford | 37 | (3) |
1909–1910 | Manchester City | 3 | (0) |
1911–1912 | Croydon Common | 2 | (0) |
1912 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Melville Furr (14 August 1885 – 2 January 1967) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Manchester City.[1]
Furr's three brothers, Harry, Vic and Willie, also played professional football and his son played football as an amateur.[3] His sisters Amelia and Miriam married footballers William Grimes and George Payne respectively.[2] Furr followed his father into fishmongery and built up a number of fishmongers and chip shops across Hertfordshire.[2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Watford | 1907–08[4] | Southern League First Division | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
1908–09[4] | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
Total | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
Manchester City | 1909–10[2] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Croydon Common | 1911–12[2] | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Career Total | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 3 |