:George Ballsom

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = George Ballsom

| image =

| fullname = William George Ballsom{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=nU%2Bc39ZH5QE4siMi88oiMw&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=19 May 2019|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|10|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Trealaw, Wales

| death_date = {{death year and age|1983|1912}}

| death_place = England

| height = 6 ft 1 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-xii/134333960/ |title=Gillingham make £1,000 profit. No longer Cinderella of League III |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xii |via=Newspapers.com}}

| position = Right back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1934–1935

| years2 = 1935–1938

| years3 = 1938–1939

| clubs1 = Tunbridge Wells Rangers

| clubs2 = Gillingham

| clubs3 = Cardiff City

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 45

| caps3 = 34

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

}}

William George Ballsom (1912 – 1983) was a Welsh professional footballer of the 1930s. He made 79 appearances in The Football League during spells with Gillingham and Cardiff City.

Career

Born on 30 October 1912 in Trealaw, Ballsom joined Gillingham in 1935 from Tunbridge Wells Rangers and went on to make 45 appearances for the club in the English Football League. When the club was voted out of the league in 1938, however, he returned to his native Wales and signed for Cardiff City.{{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|page=10}}{{cite book | last = Brown | first = Tony | title = The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record | publisher = Soccerdata | year = 2003 | isbn = 1-899468-20-X | page =118}} Replacing Arthur Granville, Ballsom played in 34 league games for the club during the 1938–39 season and was retained for the following year but the outbreak of World War II meant he did not feature for the club again.{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=17 | location=Derby | isbn= 1-85983-462-0}}

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