George Hedley
English footballer and manager
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| Intro | English footballer and manager | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Athlete Football player Association football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 20 July 1876 | |
| Death | 16 August 1942 (aged 66 years) |
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Biography
George Albert Hedley (20 July 1876 – 16 August 1942) was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, scoring in both.
He was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough.
Between 1903 and 1906 he was with Southern League Southampton, where he was top scorer in 1904-05 (jointly with Edgar Bluff) with ten league goals.
He was also manager at Bristol City from 1913 to 1915.
Honours
- Sheffield United
- Football League Division One runner-up: 1899–00
- FA Cup winner: 1899, 1902
- FA Cup finalist: 1901
- Southampton
- Southern League championship: 1903–04
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- FA Cup winner: 1908