George Armstrong (footballer)

George "Geordie" Armstrong
Geordie with the FA Cup
Personal information
Full name George Armstrong[1]
Date of birth (1944-08-09)9 August 1944[1]
Place of birth Hebburn, County Durham, England
Date of death 1 November 2000(2000-11-01) (aged 56)[1]
Place of death Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1977 Arsenal 500 (53)
1977–1978 Leicester City 15 (0)
1978–1979 Stockport County 34 (0)
1980–1981 Mjølner 33 (3)
Total 582 (56)
Managerial career

Enderby Town

1984/5. Worcester City
1980–1981 FK Mjølner
1988–1989 Kuwait
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George "Geordie" Armstrong (9 August 1944 – 1 November 2000) was an English football player and coach, who was mostly associated with Arsenal. A winger, Armstrong made his Arsenal debut in 1962 at the age of 17 and went on to make 621 appearances – which was then an all-time club record – before he left Highbury in 1977. He spent a season each with Leicester City and Stockport County, and then took up coaching, both domestically and abroad. After a year as Kuwait national team manager, Armstrong returned to Arsenal as reserve-team coach in 1990, a post which he held for the remaining ten years of his life.

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