George Rushton

George Rushton
Rushton while with Brentford in 1909.
Personal information
Full name George Rushton
Date of birth (1880-10-07)7 October 1880
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Date of death March 1964 (aged 83)
Place of death Kingston upon Hull, England
Position Outside right
Youth career
Leek Broughs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1901–1902 Burslem Port Vale 20 (5)
1902–1903 Barrow
1903 Burslem Port Vale 2 (2)
1903–1904 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 (4)
1904–1907 Hull City 29 (14)
1907–1909 Swindon Town 47 (13)
1909–1910 Brentford 16 (2)
1910–1911 Swindon Town 14 (2)
Goole Town
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Rushton (7 October 1880 – March 1964) was an English footballer who played on the wing for Burslem Port Vale, Barrow, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City, Swindon Town, Brentford, and Goole Town at the start of the 20th century.

Career

Rushton played for Leek Broughs whilst working in the pottery industry. He joined Burslem Port Vale in June 1901. He scored his first goal in the English Football League in a 3–0 win over Leicester Fosse at the Athletic Ground on 12 October. He was a regular in the first-team until losing his place in March 1902. He scored five goals in 20 Second Division appearances and scored one goal in three FA Cup games in the 1901–02 season. He joined Lancashire League club Barrow in the summer of 1902 but re-signed with Port Vale in January 1903. He played the last two games of the season and scored in a 2–1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford on 18 April and then bagged another goal two days later in a 2–0 win over Barnsley. He moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion in July 1903.

Rushton joined newly formed club Hull City in 1904 and scored 29 goals in 41 friendly games in the 1904–05 season, as well as the club's two FA Cup qualification games against Stockton. Hull were admitted into the Second Division, and he scored nine goals in 20 games in the 1905–06 campaign, though lost his first-team place in February. He scored six goals in 16 appearances throughout the 1906–07 season, featuring primarily from December to March. He moved on to Swindon Town, where he scored six goals in 27 Southern League First Division games across the 1907–08 campaign. He scored seven goals in 21 league and cup games in the 1908–09 season. He started the 1909–10 season with league rivals Brentford, starting 16 matches before he returned to Swindon Town in March 1910 to make a further seven starts. He stayed with Swindon for the 1910–11 and 1911–12 seasons before he returned to his home region to sign with Goole Town.

Later life

Rushton worked on the docks in Kingston upon Hull and lived in the city until his death in March 1964. His great-granddaughter, Diana, became a hypnotherapist and worked with Hull City in 2018.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale 1901–02 Second Division 20531 — 236
1902–03 Second Division 2200 — 22
Total 22 7 3 1 — 25 8
Hull City 1904–05 —20—20
1905–06 Second Division 15851—209
1906–07 Second Division 14620 — 166
Total 291491 — 3815
Swindon Town 1907–08 Southern League First Division 27 6 3 0 — 30 6
1908–09 Southern League First Division 20 7 1 0 — 21 7
Total 47 13 4 0 — 51 13
Brentford 1909–10 Southern League First Division 16 2 0 0 — 16 2
Swindon Town 1909–10 Southern League First Division 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1910–11 Southern League First Division 6 2 0 0 7 0 13 2
1911–12 Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 14 2 0 0 7 0 21 2
Career total 128 38 16 2 7 0 151 40
  1. ↑ Appearances in Southern Professional Charity Cup

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "7 George Rushton". On Cloud Seven. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 George Rushton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – George RUSHTON – Player Profile". www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Grove, Alex (24 May 2019). "This woman says her email saved Hull City from relegation". Hull Daily Mail. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  7. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 360. ISBN 0951526200.