George Forbes (footballer, born 1914)

George Forbes
Personal information
Full name	George Parrott Forbes
Date of birth	21 July 1914
Place of birth	Dukinfield, England
Date of death	28 November 1964 (aged 50)
Place of death	Barrow, England
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team
19??–1933	Crescent Road Congregational
1933–193?	Mossley
193?–1937	Hyde United
1937–1946	Blackburn Rovers
1946	Hurst
1946–1950	Barrow
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Parrott Forbes (21 July 1914 – 28 November 1964) was an English professional footballer who made 179 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Blackburn Rovers and Barrow either side of the Second World War.^[1] He also played non-league football for Crescent Road Congregational, Mossley, Hyde United and Hurst.^[2]^[3] Forbes was born in 1914 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, and died in 1964 at the age of 50 in Barrow-in-Furness, which was then in Lancashire.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "George Forbes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "Fagan to Fulham". Mossleyweb. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "Fagan–Futcher". ashtonutd.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.

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[Hugman-1] "George Forbes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[2] "Fagan to Fulham". Mossleyweb. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[3] "Fagan–Futcher". ashtonutd.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.

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