George Blackburn (footballer)

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George Fredrick Blackburn (born 3 August 1899 in Willesden Green, died 7 March 1957 in Cheltenham) was a football player in the early years of professional football in England, who played over a 100 games for Aston Villa. He signed for Villa as an amateur in December 1920 and left the club in June 1926 in a swap deal which saw Joseph Nicholson join Villa and Blackburn join Cardiff City. Later went to play and manage Cheltenham Town

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with Cardiff City

FA Charity Shield winner - 1927

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