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George
Eastham |
Bolton Wanderers
FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1:
A 0
100% successful
1935
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
George Richard Eastham |
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Born |
13 September 1913 in Blackpool, Lancashire [registered in
Fylde, December 1913]. |
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Married |
to Ellen M. Bullough
[registered in Bolton, June 1936]. |
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Died |
January 2000 in South Africa, aged
86 years 110-140 days
[registered in South Africa]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st.
2½lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played junior
football within Blackpool, including Cambridge Juniors FC and South Shore
Wednesday FC. Joined Bolton Wanderers FC in 1932 (114 league
appearances, 16 goals). Signed for Brentford AFC
in June 1937 (69 league appearances, 1 goal). Returned to his hometown club, Blackpool FC in
November 1938 for £7000 (44 league appearances, 9 goals). Following the war, Eastham joined Swansea
Town FC in August 1947 (15 league appearances) and onto Rochdale AFC in June 1948
(2 league appearances). Lincoln
City AFC picked up his signature in January 1949 (27 league
appearances, 1 goal), and then Hyde United in
1950. He was then an Ards FC player/manager from July 1953,
ending his playing career in 1955. |
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Club honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Remained an
Ards FC manager until October 1958. Whereupon he became the manager
of Accrington Stanley FC. He became the manager of Belfast
Distillery in June 1959, a post he held until March 1964. He became
manager of Ards FC again late in 1964 until March 1970. He spent
some time scouting for Stoke City AFC until he had a spell at South
African (Cape Town) club Hellenic FC in late-1971, replacing his son as
manager. He was also manager at Glentoran FC in late-1972. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
612th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only match |
No. 198, 18 May 1935, Netherlands 0 England
1, a friendly match at Olympisch Stadium, Amsterdam, aged 21 years
247 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Father of
George Eastham |
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Beyond England |
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During his early years in Blackpool,
he was a baker. Managed many Irish clubs after retiring from football. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.93. |
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George Eastham - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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George Eastham
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Away
- White - Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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George Eastham
- Match History |
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Club: Bolton
Wanderers F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Committee - 1
full capx
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Age
21 |
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1 |
198 |
18 May 1935 - Netherlands 0 England 1,
Olympisch
Stadion, Amsterdam |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
ir |
Notes
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CG
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