George Rushton

George Rushton (October 1881 – 1964) was an English footballer who played on the wing for Burslem Port Vale, Barrow, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City, Swindon Town, Brentford, and Goole Town at the start of the 20th century.

George Rushton
Rushton while with Brentford in 1909.
Personal information
Full name George Rushton[1]
Date of birth June 1884[1]
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 1964 (aged 79–80)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Leek Broughs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1901–1902 Burslem Port Vale 20 (5)
Barrow
1903 Burslem Port Vale 2 (2)
1903–1904 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 (4)
1904–1907 Hull City 29 (14)
1907–1909 Swindon Town 47 (13)
1909–1910 Brentford 16 (2)
1910–1912 Swindon Town 14 (2)
1912 Goole Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Rushton played for Leek Broughs, before joining Burslem Port Vale in June 1901.[1] He scored his first goal in the English Football League in a 3–0 win over Leicester Fosse at the Athletic Ground on 12 October.[1] He was a regular in the first team until losing his place in March 1902.[1] He scored five goals in 20 Second Division appearances and scored one goal in three FA Cup games in the 1901–02 season.[1] He joined Barrow in the summer of 1902, but re-signed with Port Vale in January 1903.[1] He played the last two games of the season, and scored in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford on 18 April and then bagged another goal two days later in a 2–0 win over Barnsley.[1] He moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion,[3] later playing for Hull City – where he is credited for scoring the first two recorded goals in that team's history - Swindon Town (in two spells), Brentford and Goole Town.[1]

Career statistics
Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale 1901–02[4] Second Division 20531 — 236
Burslem Port Vale 1902–03[4] Second Division 2200 — 22
Burslem Port Vale total 22 7 4 1 — 26 8
Hull City 1905–06[4] Second Division 15851 — 209
1906–07[4] Second Division 14620 — 166
Total 291471 — 3615
Swindon Town 1907–08[5] Southern League First Division 27 6 3 0 — 30 6
1908–09[5] Southern League First Division 20 7 1 0 — 21 7
Total 47 13 4 0 — 51 13
Brentford 1909–10[6] Southern League First Division 16 2 0 0 — 16 2
Swindon Town 1909-10[5] Southern League First Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1910–11[5] Southern League First Division 6 2 0 0 7[lower-alpha 1] 0 13 2
1911–12[5] Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Swindon Town total 61 15 4 0 7 0 72 15
Total 128 38 15 2 7 0 150 40
  1. Appearances in Southern Professional Charity Cup

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 256. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 254. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  3. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  4. George Rushton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – George RUSHTON – Player Profile". www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  6. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 360. ISBN 0951526200.
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