Horace Gager

Horace Gager
Personal information
Full name	Horace Edwin Gager
Date of birth	25 January 1917
Place of birth	West Ham, England
Date of death	March 1984 (aged 67)
Place of death	Bingham, England
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Vauxhall Motors (Luton)
1937–1947	Luton Town
	Glentoran
1947–1955	Nottingham Forest
International career
	Irish League XI
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horace Edwin Gager (25 January 1917 – March 1984) was an English professional footballer who made over 250 appearances as a centre half in the Football League for Nottingham Forest and captained the club.^[1]^[3] He also played for Luton Town and represented the Irish League XI.^[2]^[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	1947–48^[5]	Second Division	12	1	0	0	12	1
	1948–49^[5]	Second Division	43	0	2	0	45	0
	1949–50^[5]	Third Division South	37	1	2	0	39	1
	1950–51^[5]	Third Division South	48	2	2	0	50	2
	1951–52^[5]	Second Division	39	0	1	0	40	0
	1952–53^[5]		43	1	2	0	45	1
	1953–54^[5]		42	6	1	0	43	6
	1954–55^[5]		5	0	0	0	5	0
Career total			269	11	11	0	280	11

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 105. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b "Horace Gager". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^ Wright, Don (15 October 2016). Clough and Walker: Forest's Greatest Managers. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445659725.
^ "Horace Gager". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Horace Gager". The City Ground. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

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