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Scottish footballer

George Lennon
Personal information
Full name George Ferguson Lennon
Date of birth 24 May 1889
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Date of death 1984 (aged 94–95)
Place of death Kilwinning, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)
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

George Ferguson Lennon (24 May 1889 – 1984) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Luton Town and Stoke.

Career

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, Forfar Athletic, Abercorn, St Mirren and Ayr United.

He joined Luton Town in 1920, and spent three seasons with the "Hatters" making 115 League and FA Cup appearances which earned him a move to Stoke in March 1923. 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. 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, but he was "ran ragged" by Palace's Welsh international Frank Hoddinott who got a hat-trick as Stoke lost 5–1. Lennon was then told he should leave the club.

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.

Career statistics

Source:

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

References

  1. ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "The lure of promotion. Stoke". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. George Lennon, Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. George Lennon at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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