George Redwood

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = George Redwood | fullname = George Edward Redwood<ref name="Joyce" /> | birth_date = 4 June 1885<ref>Ancestry.com. London, England, Non-conformist Registers, 1694–1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Nonconformist Registers, 1694–1931. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.</ref> | birth_place = Shoreditch, England | death_date = {{death date and age |1956|11|24|1885|6|4|df=y}}<ref>Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.</ref> | death_place = Southend-on-Sea, England<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autographs : Syd King : 3 |url=http://theyflysohigh.co.uk/autographs-syd-king-3/4560573147 |access-date=18 April 2020 |website=theyflysohigh}}</ref> | position = Left back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Tottenham St Louis | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = Enfield | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = | clubs3 = Royal Fusiliers | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1910–1911 | clubs4 = Fulham | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1911–1912 | clubs5 = West Ham United | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 0 }}

'''George Edward Redwood''' (4 June 1885 – 24 November 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Fulham.<ref name="Joyce">{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=241}}</ref> He also played in the Southern League for West Ham United.<ref name="11v11">{{Cite web |title=George Redwood |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/george-redwood-47468/ |access-date=9 October 2016 |website=11v11.com}}</ref>

==Personal life== Redwood served as a lance corporal in the Royal Fusiliers during the First World War and suffered a wound that necessitated the amputation of one of his arms.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 November 2014 |title=Remembering life at Fulham in the First World War on Armistice Day |work=getwestlondon |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/armistice-day-remembering-first-world-8087665 |access-date=9 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="LOTFWW">{{Lives of WWI|id=3681478|name=George Edward Redwood}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |FA Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="2" |West Ham United |1910–11<ref name="11v11" /> | rowspan="2" |Southern League First Division |1 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |- |1911–12<ref name="11v11" /> |9 |0 |3 |0 |12 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !10 !0 !3 !0 !13 !0 |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Redwood, George}} Category:1885 births Category:1956 deaths Category:English men's footballers Category:English Football League players Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:Royal Fusiliers soldiers Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney Category:People from Shoreditch Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Enfield F.C. players Category:Fulham F.C. players Category:Southern Football League players Category:West Ham United F.C. players Category:English amputees Category:English disabled sportspeople Category:Association football players with limb difference Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Hackney