George_Lennon_(footballer)
George Lennon (footballer)
Scottish footballer
George Ferguson Lennon (24 May 1889 – 1984) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Luton Town and Stoke.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Ferguson Lennon[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilwinning, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1984 (aged 94–95)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Kilwinning, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1911–1912 | Kilwinning Rangers | ||
| 1912–1920 | Third Lanark | 97 | (0) |
| 1912 | → Forfar Athletic (loan) | ||
| 1913 | → Abercorn (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1915 | → Ayr United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1920 | St Mirren | 15 | (0) |
| 1920–1923 | Luton Town | 107 | (0) |
| 1923–1924 | Stoke | 3 | (0) |
| 1924–1925 | Weymouth | ||
| 1925–1926 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| 1926 | Airdrieonians | 0 | (0) |
| 1927 | Llandudno | ||
| 1928 | Colwyn Bay | ||
| Total | 234 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lennon was born in Kilwinning and began his football career with local junior side Kilwinning Rangers. He then played in the Scottish Football League for Third Lanark,[3] Forfar Athletic, Abercorn, St Mirren and Ayr United.
He joined Luton Town in 1920,[1] and spent three seasons with the "Hatters" making 115 League and FA Cup appearances[4] which earned him a move to Stoke in March 1923.[1] He was never fully given a chance as the manager who brought him to the club Arthur Shallcross was sacked in April 1923 and his replacement Jock Rutherford left the club after just four weeks.[1] Tom Mather was appointed Stoke manager in October 1924 and gave Lennon his chance to impress at full back in a match away at Crystal Palace,[1] but he was "ran ragged" by Palace's Welsh international Frank Hoddinott who got a hat-trick as Stoke lost 5–1.[1] Lennon was then told he should leave the club.[1]
He spent a season with Weymouth before playing four matches for Bristol Rovers in 1925–26. According to available statistics, he never scored a goal in official matches during his 15-year career.[3]
Source:[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Luton Town | 1920–21 | Third Division South | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1921–22 | Third Division South | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 1922–23 | Third Division South | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Total | 107 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
| Stoke | 1922–23 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1923–24 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bristol Rovers | 1925–26 | Third Division South | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career Total | 114 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 122 | 0 | ||
- Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- "The lure of promotion. Stoke". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
- John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - George Lennon, Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- George Lennon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)