George Tweedy

George Tweedy
Personal information
Full name George Jacob Tweedy
Date of birth (1913-01-08)8 January 1913
Place of birth Willington, County Durham, England
Date of death 23 April 1987(1987-04-23) (aged 74)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Willington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1953 Grimsby Town 347 (0)
International career
1936 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
1950–1951 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Jacob Tweedy (8 January 1913 – 23 April 1987) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a one club player for Grimsby Town and earned one cap for England.

He played 347 league games in a World War II interrupted career spanning 20 years. He is considered to be Grimsby's "best ever goalkeeper".[2]

  1. ^ "No new faces in Grimsby's first team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC 1890-1985. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.