George Davison (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Blyth Spartans | |||
| 1913–1914 | Coventry City | ? | (18) |
| 1914–1920 | Bristol Rovers | 57 | (20) |
| 1920–? | West Stanley | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
George Davison (born 1890) was a professional association footballer, who played in the Southern League for Coventry City and Bristol Rovers.
Davison joined Coventry from Blyth Spartans in 1913, and scored eighteen times in the Southern League during the 1913–14 season. He signed for Bristol Rovers on 27 April 1914 for a large, though undisclosed, transfer fee.[1] He was The Pirates top goalscorer in 1914–15 with 15 goals,[2] then after a two-year interruption in league football caused by World War I, he returned for the 1919–20 campaign. He returned to his native North East England in 1920, when he joined West Stanley.[3]
References
- ↑ "Miscellaneous Sport". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 April 1914. Retrieved 7 September 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2014). Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History. Stroud: Amberley. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4456-3619-1.
- ↑ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
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