George Raitt

George Raitt
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-08-14)14 August 1888
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 24 June 1960(1960-06-24) (aged 71)
Place of death Brighton, Australia
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1911 Cambuslang Rangers
1911–1912 Huddersfield Town 6 (0)
1913–1925 Melbourne Thistle
International career
1924 Australia 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Peter Raitt (14 August 1888 – 24 June 1960) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.

Raitt moved to Victoria in Australia where he played for Melbourne Thistle, winning premierships in 1914 and 1915 and the league-cup double in 1925. He captained the first touring Victorian state team in 1914 and continued to appear in representative teams for the state up to 1925.

Raitt played three internationals for Australia, his one full A-international coming in a loss to Canada in 1924 at the age of 35.

He died in 1960 in Melbourne.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "In Memoriam". The Huddersfield Town Collection. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Punshon, John. "Victorian Premier League Champions". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Punshon, John. "Dockerty Cup". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 Howe (2018), Encyclopedia of Socceroos, p. 227.
  5. ↑ Owen, R. H. (28 June 1924). "Great Half-Back – Raitt's Soccer Record". The Sporting Globe. No. 200. Victoria, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Mr. G. Raitt Dies at 72". The Age. 27 June 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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