George Taylor (footballer, born 1915)

{{short description|Scottish footballer and coach (1915–1982)}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{infobox football biography

| name = George Taylor

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = George Alexander Taylor{{Hugman|19278|accessdate=21 February 2017}}

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1915|6|9}}

| birth_place = King Edward, Scotland

| death_date = 1 June 1982 (aged 66)

| death_place = Plymouth, England

| position = Wing half

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Hall Russell's

| years1 = 1937–1948

| caps1 = 63

| goals1 = 6

| clubs1 = Aberdeen

| years2 = 1948–1950

| caps2 = 48

| goals2 = 2

| clubs2 = Plymouth Argyle

| totalcaps = 111

| totalgoals = 8

}}

George Alexander Taylor (9 June 1915 – June 1982) was a Scottish football player and coach, who played for Aberdeen and Plymouth Argyle. He appeared for Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup finals during the 1946–47 season. After retiring as a player in 1952, he joined the Plymouth Argyle coaching staff.

Career statistics

= Club =

= Appearances and goals by club, season and competition =

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

! rowspan="2" |Club{{Cite web |title=Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile |url=https://afcheritage.org/Team/CurrentSquad/player_show.cfm?player_id=282 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=afcheritage.org}}{{Cite web |title=GoS-DB Players |url=https://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=819&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=www.greensonscreen.co.uk}}

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |Scottish Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="12" |Aberdeen

|1937-38

| rowspan="3" |Scottish Division One

|1

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|1

|0

1938-39

|5

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|5

|0

1939-40

|0

|0

|0

|0

| -

| -

|0

|0

1940-41

| colspan="9" rowspan="6" |Competitive Football

Cancelled Due to WW2

1941-42
1942-43
1943-44
1944-45
1945-46
1946-47

| rowspan="2" |Scottish Division One

|28

|3

|6

|0

|3

|0

|37

|3

1947-48

|29

|3

|2

|0

|8

|0

|39

|3

colspan="2" |Total

!63

!6

!8

!0

!11

!0

!82

!6

rowspan="3" |Plymouth Argyle

|1948-49

| rowspan="2" |Second Division

|26

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|26

|1

1949-50

|22

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|22

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!48

!2

!0

!0

!0

!0

!48

!2

colspan="3" |Career total

!111

!8

!8

!0

!11

!0

!130

!8

References

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