George Briggs (footballer)

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George Briggs
Personal information
Full name	George Richard Briggs
Date of birth	3 May 1903(1903-05-03)
Place of birth	Wombwell, Barnsley, England
Date of death	Deceased
Place of death	Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 6½ in (1.69 m)
Playing position	Forward / Outside right
Youth clubs
0000–1922	Mitchell's Main Colliery Ardsley Athletic
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1922–1923 1923 1923–1933 1933–1936 1936–1937	Wombwell Denaby United Birmingham Plymouth Argyle St Austell	298 (98) 058 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

George Richard Briggs (born 3 May 1903, deceased) was an English professional footballer, born in Wombwell, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, who played as a forward or outside right for Birmingham and Plymouth Argyle.

Formerly a coal-miner, Briggs joined First Division Birmingham from Midland League Denaby United in December 1923. In 1924–25, his first full season at the club, he was joint top scorer. He was used in all forward positions before settling as an outside-right, the position in which he played in the 1931 FA Cup Final defeat. In all he made 324 appearances for Birmingham and scored 107 goals, which ranks him fourth in the club's all-time top scorers table.

In 1933 he moved to Plymouth Argyle where he spent three seasons. He died in his native Yorkshire.

[edit] Honours

Birmingham

• FA Cup finalist: 1931

[edit] References

• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6. 
• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 

Persondata
NAME	Briggs, George Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1903-05-03
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wombwell, Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH	Yorkshire, England