George Travers

This article is about the association football player. For the Welsh rugby union player, see George Travers (rugby union).

George Travers
Personal information
Full name James Edward Travers
Date of birth (1887-07-19)19 July 1887
Place of birth Waterloo, London, England
Date of death 6 December 1943(1943-12-06) (aged 56)
Place of death Palmerston North, New Zealand[1][2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1904–1905 Bilston United
1905–1906 Rowley United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1907 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1907–1908 Birmingham 2 (0)
1908–1909 Aston Villa 4 (4)
1909–1910 Queens Park Rangers 34 (7)
1910–1911 Leicester Fosse 12 (5)
1911–1914 Barnsley 84 (23)
1914–1919 Manchester United 21 (4)
→ Tottenham Hotspur (guest)
1919–1920 Swindon Town 34 (12)
1920 Millwall 2 (0)
1920–1921 Norwich City 29 (11)
1921 Gillingham 10 (1)
1921–1922 Nuneaton Town
1922–1929 Cradley St Luke's
1929–1931 Bilston United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Edward Travers (19 July 1887 – 6 December 1943),[3] known as George Travers, was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward or centre forward. He made 164 appearances in the Football League, representing a number of clubs prior to and just after the First World War.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference edp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Missing 1912 FA Cup medal belongs in Manawatu". Manawatu Standard. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019 – via Stuff.
  3. ^ George Travers at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.