George Horler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Henry Horler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Coleford, England | ||
| Date of death | March 1967 (aged 72)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1913 | Coleford Athletic | ||
| 1913– | Frome Town | ||
| –1922 | Reading | 56 | (0) |
| 1922–1927 | West Ham United | 47 | (0) |
| 1927–1928 | Fulham | 8 | (0) |
| Aldershot Town | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Henry Horler (10 February 1895 – March 1967) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Reading, West Ham United and Fulham.[1][3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Horler served as a sergeant in the Army Medical Corps during the First World War.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| West Ham United | 1922–23[6] | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1924–25[6] | First Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1925–26[6] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1926–27[6] | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 1927–28[6] | 2 | 0 | ― | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Fulham | 1927–28[7] | Second Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Career total | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 61 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 143. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ George Horler at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Reading Evening Post". 3 April 1967. p. 9.
- ^ "Horler George West Ham United 1923". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ "Reading | Club | History | History | Our World War One heroes". Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "George Horler". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "George Horler". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
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- 1895 births
- 1967 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Reading F.C. players
- English Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Footballers from Somerset
- Frome Town F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Aldershot F.C. players
- Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers
- Southern Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1890s birth stubs