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Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Arthur Bridgett[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 October 1882||
Place of birth | Forsbrook, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 26 July 1954[1] | (aged 71)||
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).