Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1888-08-14)14 August 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 24 June 1960(1960-06-24) (aged 71) | ||
Place of death | Brighton, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1909–1911 | Cambuslang Rangers | ||
1911–1912 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | (0) |
1913–1925 | Melbourne Thistle | ||
International career | |||
1924 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Peter Raitt (14 August 1888 – 24 June 1960) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.
Raitt moved to Victoria in Australia where he played for Melbourne Thistle, winning premierships in 1914 and 1915 and the league-cup double in 1925. He captained the first touring Victorian state team in 1914 and continued to appear in representative teams for the state up to 1925.
Raitt played three internationals for Australia, his one full A-international coming in a loss to Canada in 1924 at the age of 35.
He died in 1960 in Melbourne.
Footnotes
- ^ "In Memoriam". The Huddersfield Town Collection. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- Punshon, John. "Victorian Premier League Champions". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- Punshon, John. "Dockerty Cup". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ Howe (2018), Encyclopedia of Socceroos, p. 227.
- Owen, R. H. (28 June 1924). "Great Half-Back – Raitt's Soccer Record". The Sporting Globe. No. 200. Victoria, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Mr. G. Raitt Dies at 72". The Age. 27 June 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
References
- Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Andrew Howe (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every National Team Player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0648133308.
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