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Scottish footballer

George Jordan
Personal information
Date of birth	c. 1917
Place of birth	Scotland
Date of death	8 July 1944 (aged 27)
Place of death	Normandy, France
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1934	Partick Thistle	0	(0)
1934–1938	Kilbirnie Ladeside
1938–1940	Cowdenbeath	46	(0)
1940	→ St Johnstone (guest)	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Jordan (1917 – 8 July 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as a right back.

Personal life

In 1940, early in the Second World War, Jordan enlisted as a private in the Black Watch. He was killed in the Battle of Normandy on 8 July 1944, while serving with the 7th Battalion, part of the 51st (Highland) Division. Jordan was buried in Ranville War Cemetery.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cowdenbeath	1937–38	Scottish Second Division	12	0	2	0	14	0
Cowdenbeath	1938–39	Scottish Second Division	34	0	3	0	37	0
Career total			46	0	5	0	51	0

Honours

Cowdenbeath

Scottish League Second Division: 1938–39

Individual

Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

References

^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "George Jordan". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ "Cowden will remember". Central Fife Times. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

v t e Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Players	Adamson H. Allan R. Allan Archibald Armstrong R. Birrell W. Birrell Bostock G. Brown J. Brown Buchanan Buckley Burns Cairns Callaghan Cowan Curle Devlin Dickson Drummond Dryburgh Edwards Falconer Frame Geddes Gildea Gilfillan Glancy Gomis Grant Hamill Hay Hemmings Henderson Hendren Hughes Jack Jones Jordan Kinnell Laing Lancaster Law Leonard Liddle Lindsay Mackenzie Malone Mbu McArthur McDowell McGarr McGlashan McGregor McLauchlan Menzies Mercer Middleton Mowbray Murphy Murray Paatelainen J. Paterson W. Paterson Philp Ja. Pollock Jo. Pollock Pullar Quinn Rankin Rankine Reid Renfrew Ritchie J. Robertson P. Robertson Ross R. Russell T. Russell Smith Steele G. Stewart W. Stewart Tait Taylor Turnbull Venters Walker Wall Walls Ward Wilson Winter Wright Yardley
Managers	Duncan Harrow Levein Matthew Rolland

Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees

Players

Managers

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