George Duke (footballer)

{{Short description|English footballer (1920–1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = George Duke

| fullname = George Edward Duke

| birth_date = 6 September 1920

| birth_place = Chichester, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1988|3|19|1920|9|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Worthing, England

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1939

| clubs1 = Southwick

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1939–1949

| clubs2 = Luton Town

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1949–1950

| clubs3 = Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 =

| clubs4 = Guildford City

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

}}

George Edward Duke (6 September 1920 – 19 March 1988) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Luton Town and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.{{Hugman|5526|accessdate=29 June 2016}}{{Cite web |title=Duke, George |url=http://grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/5061 |access-date=14 November 2019 |website=grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk |language=English}}{{NeilBrownPlayers|player9/georgeduke}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Luton Town

|1945–46{{Cite web |title=George Duke |url=https://www.hattersheritage.co.uk/george-duke |access-date=3 December 2020 |website=Hatters Heritage}}

| colspan="3" |―

|2

|0

|2

|0

1946–47

|Second Division

|10

|0

|0

|0

|10

|0

1948–49

|Second Division

|6

|0

|0

|0

|6

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!16

!0

!2

!0

!18

!0

References