George Ballsom

George Ballsom
Personal information
Full name William George Ballsom[1]
Date of birth (1912-10-30)30 October 1912
Place of birth Trealaw, Wales
Date of death 1983 (aged 70–71)
Place of death England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1935 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1935–1938 Gillingham 45 (0)
1938–1939 Cardiff City 34 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William George Ballsom (1912 – 1983) was a Welsh professional footballer of the 1930s. He made 79 appearances in The Football League during spells with Gillingham and Cardiff City.

Career

Born on 30 October 1912 in Trealaw, Ballsom joined Gillingham in 1935 from Tunbridge Wells Rangers and went on to make 45 appearances for the club in the English Football League. When the club was voted out of the league in 1938, however, he returned to his native Wales and signed for Cardiff City.[3][4] Replacing Arthur Granville, Ballsom played in 34 league games for the club during the 1938–39 season and was retained for the following year but the outbreak of World War II meant he did not feature for the club again.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Gillingham make £1,000 profit. No longer Cinderella of League III". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 10. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  4. ^ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 118. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  5. ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 17. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.


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