George Payne (footballer, born 1887)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Clark Payne[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1887 | ||
| Place of birth | Hitchin, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 1932 (aged 45)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Inside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hitchin Union Jack | |||
| Hitchin Town | |||
| Barnet Alston | |||
| 1906–1908 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | (3) |
| 1909–1911 | Crystal Palace | 46 | (31) |
| 1911 | Sunderland | 2 | (0) |
| Leyton | |||
| 1912–1913 | Woolwich Arsenal | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
George Clark Payne (17 February 1887 – 1932) was an English professional football inside left, best remembered for his two years in the Southern League with Crystal Palace.[3] He also played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal and Sunderland.[1]
Career
Payne joined Southern League First Division club with Tottenham Hotspur in 1906 and stayed until its election to the Football League in 1908.[2] After two further Southern League seasons with Crystal Palace, Payne transferred to First Division club Sunderland in 1911,[4] before dropping back into the Southern League to join Leyton.[1] He returned to the First Division in 1912 with Woolwich Arsenal, but made sparing first team appearances and predominantly played in the South Eastern League with the club's reserve team, scoring 9 goals in 16 appearances.[5] He left the club at the end of the 1912–13 season.[5]
Personal life
Payne was married to Miriam, sister of fellow Hitchin-born footballers George, Harry, Vic and Willie Furr.[6] He was seriously wounded on active service during the First World War.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1907–08[2] | Southern League First Division | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Sunderland | 1911–12[4] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1912–13[2] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
References
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 227. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 "George Clark Payne". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ↑ www.holmesdale.net, Holmesdale Online. "George Payne". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- 1 2 "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- 1 2 3 Group, Arsenal Media. "George Payne | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ↑ "Furr Harold Frederick" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Alan Futter. Retrieved 29 September 2016.