George Thornewell

George Thornewell (8 July 1898 – 6 March 1986) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right.

George Thornewell
Personal information
Full name George Thornewell[1]
Date of birth (1898-07-08)8 July 1898
Place of birth Romiley, England
Date of death 6 March 1986(1986-03-06) (aged 87)
Place of death Derby, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
St. Dunstan's
Normanton United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Rolls-Royce
→ Nottingham Forest (war guest)
→ Coventry City (war guest)
1919–1927 Derby County 275 (23)
1927–1929 Blackburn Rovers 41 (4)
1929–1932 Chesterfield 84 (10)
1932 Newark Town
Total 400 (37)
International career
1923–1925 England 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early and personal life

Born in Romiley, Cheshire, Thornewell and his widowed mother moved to Derby when he was eight months old.[1] His father was a railway inspector, and his mother was a cleaner at the railway office.[1] George was the youngest of eight children, one of whom died as an infant.[1] He had a daughter out of wedlock in 1915, and married in 1921.[1] He worked as a fitter at Rolls-Royce and joined the Royal Air Force in July 1918.[1]

Career

He spent his early career with Sunday school teams St. Dunstan's and Normanton United, before playing for the works team of Rolls-Royce in Derby.[1] During World War I he guested for Nottingham Forest and Coventry City, before signing for Derby County in May 1919.[1] He moved to Blackburn Rovers in December 1927, Chesterfield in August 1929, and Newark Town in February 1932.[1][3]

For Chesterfield he scored 10 goals in 84 Football League games.[4]

He earned four caps for England between 1923 and 1925, scoring on his debut.[1][5]

Later life and death

In November 1928 he began running The White Hart Hotel in Duffield, living there with his wife and daughter.[1] He died in Derby on 6 March 1986, aged 87.[1]

References
  1. "England Players - George Thornewell". www.englandfootballonline.com.
  2. "The lure of promotion. Derby County". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
  3. S. Basson (1998). Lucky Whites and Spireites. ISBN 1874427038.
  4. Basson, Stuart (18 February 2010). "Football League players, 1921 to 2009". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (Excel spreadsheet) on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. George Thornewell at Englandstats.com
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