Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Richard Eastham | ||
Date of birth | 13 August 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Blackpool, England | ||
Date of death | January 2000 (aged 85)[1] | ||
Place of death | South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Cambridge Juniors | |||
–1932 | South Shore Wednesday | ||
1932–1933 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933–1937 | Bolton Wanderers | 114 | (16) |
1937–1938 | Brentford | 49 | (1) |
1938–1947 | Blackpool | 44 | (9) |
→ Birmingham City (war guest) | 16 | (3) | |
→ Bolton Wanderers (war guest) | 8 | (2) | |
→ Brentford (war guest) | 2 | (0) | |
→ York City (war guest) | 4 | (0) | |
→ Mansfield Town (war guest) | 1 | (0) | |
→ Millwall (war guest) | 2 | (1) | |
→ Queens Park Rangers (war guest) | 8 | (2) | |
1947–1948 | Swansea Town | 15 | (0) |
1948–1949 | Rochdale | 2 | (0) |
1949–1950 | Lincoln City | 27 | (1) |
1950–1951 | Hyde United | 18 | (5) |
1951–1953 | Winsford United | ||
1953–1958 | Ards | 68 | (13) |
International career | |||
1935 | England | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1953–1958 | Ards | ||
1958–1959 | Accrington Stanley | ||
1959–1964 | Distillery | ||
1964–1970 | Ards | ||
1971–1972 | Hellenic F.C. | ||
1972–1974 | Glentoran | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Richard Eastham (13 August 1914 – January 2000) was an English football player and manager. An inside forward, he represented England once at international level,[2] and played for Bolton Wanderers, Brentford, Blackpool, Swansea Town, Rochdale and Lincoln City. He is the father of George Eastham Jr. and the brother of Harry Eastham.