&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Barcelona_FC_1893.png) Cockram (second row, fifth from left) in 1893 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Paterson Cochran | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 25 April 1929 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Paisley, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder and Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1892–1894 | Barcelona Football Club | ||
| 1895 | Torelló Foot-ball Association | ||
| 1901–1902 | Bilbao FC | ||
| 1902–1904 | Athletic Club | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Paterson Cochran, sometimes referred to as George Cockram (21 August 1870 – 25 April 1929), was a Scottish football pioneer who played for some of the first Catalan and Basque clubs in history, most notably Athletic Bilbao between 1902 and 1904.[2][3][4]
He was one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of football in Spain, playing a significant role in promoting football in Catalonia and then Bilbao.[2] In Catalonia, he played as a forward for several experimental teams in the 1890s such as Barcelona Football Club and Torelló Foot-ball Association, and in Bilbao, he played as a midfielder for some of the earliest Basque clubs in existence in the early 1900s such as Bilbao FC and Athletic Club, winning the 1903 Copa del Rey with the latter.[2][5]
- ^ "Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Una agosarada suposició?: Cochran" [A bold assumption?: Cochran]. memoriesfutbolcatala.com (in Spanish). 18 March 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "George P. Cockram - Player: Player". www.athletic-club.eus. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Cochran, George Paterson Cochran - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Noticias de Pedro Larrañaga, Eduardo Montejo y Crokran, en los origenes del futbol vizcaino" [News about Pedro Larrañaga, Eduardo Montejo and Crokran, at the origins of Biscayan football] (in Spanish). 26 December 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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