George Rushton

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = George Rushton

| image = George Rushton - 1909.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Rushton while with Brentford in 1909.

| fullname = George Rushton

| birth_date = June 1884

| birth_place = Stoke-upon-Trent, England

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1964|1884}}{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=254}}

| death_place =

| height =

| position = Outside right

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Leek Broughs

| years1 = 1901–1902

| clubs1 = Burslem Port Vale

| caps1 = 20

| goals1 = 5

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Barrow

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1903

| clubs3 = Burslem Port Vale

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1903–1904

| clubs4 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps4 = 21

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1904–1907

| clubs5 = Hull City

| caps5 = 29

| goals5 = 14

| years6 = 1907–1909

| clubs6 = Swindon Town

| caps6 = 47

| goals6 = 13

| years7 = 1909–1910

| clubs7 = Brentford

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 1910–1912

| clubs8 = Swindon Town

| caps8 = 14

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 1912

| clubs9 = Goole Town

| caps9 =

| goals9 =

}}

George Rushton (October 1881 – 1964) was an English footballer who played on the wing for Burslem Port Vale, Barrow, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City, Swindon Town, Brentford, and Goole Town at the start of the 20th century.

Career

Rushton played for Leek Broughs before joining Burslem Port Vale in June 1901.{{Cite book |title=Port Vale Personalities |last=Kent |first=Jeff |publisher=Witan Books |year=1996 |isbn=0-9529152-0-0 |page=256}} He scored his first goal in the English Football League in a 3–0 win over Leicester Fosse at the Athletic Ground on 12 October. He was a regular in the first-team until losing his place in March 1902. He scored five goals in 20 Second Division appearances and scored one goal in three FA Cup games in the 1901–02 season. He joined Barrow in the summer of 1902 but re-signed with Port Vale in January 1903. He played the last two games of the season and scored in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford on 18 April and then bagged another goal two days later in a 2–0 win over Barnsley. He moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion,{{Cite book |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |last1=Carder |first1=Tim |last2=Harris |first2=Roger |date=1997 |publisher=Goldstone Books |isbn=978-0-9521337-1-1 |location=Hove |page=211}} later playing for Hull City – where he is credited for scoring the first two recorded goals in that team's history - Swindon Town (in two spells), Brentford and Goole Town.

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" |Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals

!Apps

!Goals

AppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale

|1901–02{{ENFA}}

|Second Division

|20

531

| colspan="2" |—

|23

6
rowspan="2" |Burslem Port Vale

|1902–03

|Second Division

|2

200

| colspan="2" |—

|2

2
colspan="2" |Burslem Port Vale total

!22

!7

!4

!1

! colspan="2" |—

!26

!8

rowspan="3" |Hull City

|1905–06

|Second Division

|15

851

| colspan="2" |—

|20

9
1906–07

|Second Division

|14

620

| colspan="2" |—

|16

6
colspan="2" |Total

!29

1471

! colspan="2" |—

!36

15
rowspan="3" |Swindon Town

|1907–08{{Cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=RUSHTONG |title=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – George RUSHTON – Player Profile |website=www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk |access-date=2 January 2019}}

|Southern League First Division

|27

|6

|3

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|30

|6

1908–09

|Southern League First Division

|20

|7

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|21

|7

colspan="2" |Total

!47

!13

!4

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!51

!13

Brentford

|1909–10{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=360}}

|Southern League First Division

|16

|2

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|16

|2

rowspan="4" |Swindon Town

|1909-10

|Southern League First Division

|7

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|7

|0

1910–11

|Southern League First Division

|6

|2

|0

|0

|7Appearances in Southern Professional Charity Cup

|0

|13

|2

1911–12

|Southern League First Division

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Swindon Town total

!61

!15

!4

!0

!7

!0

!72

!15

colspan="3" |Total

!128

!38

!15

!2

!7

!0

!150

!40

References