George Haywood
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Haywood | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1906 | ||
| Place of birth | Coleorton, England | ||
| Date of death | After 1974[A] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1927–192x | Whitwick Imperial | ? | (?) |
| 192x–1928 | Gresley Rovers | ? | (?) |
| 1928–1934 | Birmingham | 38 | (15) |
| 1934–193x | Chesterfield | 16 | (7) |
| 193x–1935 | Cradley Heath | ? | (?) |
| 1935–1936 | Southport | 6 | (1) |
| 1936–1939 | Cradley Heath | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
George Haywood (11 December 1906 – after 1974[A]) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre-forward. He made 60 appearances and scored 23 goals in the Football League, playing for Birmingham, Chesterfield and Southport.[1]
Club career
Haywood was born in Coleorton, Leicestershire. He played for Whitwick Imperial and for Gresley Rovers before joining First Division club Birmingham as a professional in November 1928.[2] He scored twice on his Birmingham debut, in a 3–0 defeat of Manchester City in December 1929,[3] and proved an adequate deputy for England international Joe Bradford, but never established himself as a first-team regular. He went on to spend brief periods with Chesterfield and Southport in the Third Division North and for Cradley Heath in the Birmingham & District League before retiring in 1939.[2]
Notes
A. a b Matthews gives his date of death as c. 1975,[2] while Joyce gives 1992.[1]