George Davison (footballer)

George Davison
Personal information
Date of birth 1890
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Blyth Spartans
1913–1914 Coventry City ? (18)
1914–1920 Bristol Rovers 57 (20)
1920–???? West Stanley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Davison (born 1890) was a professional footballer, who played in the Southern League for Coventry City and Bristol Rovers.

Davison joined Coventry from Blyth Spartans in 1913, and scored eighteen times in the Southern League during the 1913–14 season. He signed for Bristol Rovers on 27 April 1914 for a large, though undisclosed, transfer fee.[1] He was The Pirates top goalscorer in 1914–15 with 15 goals,[2] then after a two-year interruption in league football caused by World War I, he returned for the 1919–20 campaign. He returned to his native North East England in 1920, when he joined West Stanley.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Miscellaneous Sport". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 April 1914. Retrieved 7 September 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2014). Bristol Rovers: The Official Definitive History. Stroud: Amberley. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-4456-3619-1.
  3. ^ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club: The Definitive History 1883–2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.


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