Arthur Bridgett

Arthur Bridgett
Personal information
Full name George Arthur Bridgett[1]
Date of birth (1882-10-11)11 October 1882[1]
Place of birth Forsbrook, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death 26 July 1954(1954-07-26) (aged 71)[1]
Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
Burslem Park
Trentham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902 Stoke 7 (0)
1902–1912 Sunderland 320 (108)
1912–19?? South Shields
1923–1924 Port Vale 14 (7)
Sandbach Ramblers
Total 341 (115)
International career
1905–1909 England 11 (3)
Football League 2 (0)
Managerial career
1912–19?? South Shields
North Shields
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Arthur Bridgett (11 October 1882 – 26 July 1954) was an English footballer who played most of his career playing at outside left, for Sunderland and also made eleven appearances for England. He scored 116 goals in 347 league and cup games in ten seasons at Roker Park after joining from Stoke in 1902. He later managed both South Shields and North Shields before making an unlikely return to the Football League with Port Vale in 1923 after nine years without competitive football (he had though guested for the club once during World War I).

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  2. ^ Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. p. 53. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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