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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing 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
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1901–02[4]	Second Division	20	5	3	1	—		23	6
Burslem Port Vale	1902–03[4]	Second Division	2	2	0	0	—		2	2
	Burslem Port Vale total		22	7	4	1	—		26	8
Hull City	1905–06[4]	Second Division	15	8	5	1	—		20	9
	1906–07[4]	Second Division	14	6	2	0	—		16	6
	Total		29	14	7	1	—		36	15
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 190589161X.
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.