George Youds

George Youds
Personal information
Full name	George Youds
Date of birth	1872
Place of birth	Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	1937
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Kettering Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
1892–1897	Burslem Port Vale
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Youds (1872–1937) was an English footballer who played at left-back. He played 53 league games in the English Football League for Burslem Port Vale.

Career

Youds, a potters turner,^[2] joined Burslem Port Vale from Kettering Town in November 1892.^[1] He played twice in 1892–93, the club's first season in the English Football League.^[1] He featured 23 times in 1893–94, helping the club to seventh in the Second Division.^[1] He played 33 of Vale's 34 games in 1895–96, after which the club failed re-election and were demoted to the Midland League.^[1] He played a total of 56 league games before being leaving the Athletic Ground sometime in 1897.^[1] After retiring, he became an electric turner and married a woman called Betsy Fairbanks, settling at 3 Lorne Street.^[2]

Career statistics

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1892–93	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1893–94	Second Division	22	0	1	0	23	0
	1894–95	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1895–96	Second Division	29	0	2	0	31	0
	1896–97	Midland League	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		56	0	3	0	59	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 319. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "YOUD and YOUDS of Cheshire". ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
^ George Youds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

[kent-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 319. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

[YOUD_and_YOUDS-2] "YOUD and YOUDS of Cheshire". ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

[3] George Youds at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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