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George Badenoch
Personal information
Full name George Huntley Badenoch[1]
Date of birth 9 April 1882
Place of birth Kelton, Scotland[2]
Date of death 15 June 1915(1915-06-15) (aged 32)[3]
Place of death Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée, France[4]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Douglas Wanderers
1900–1901 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
1901–1903 Glossop 48 (4)
1903–1906 Watford 80 (9)
1906–1907 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (0)
1907–1909 Northampton Town 47 (1)
Indian Head Thistle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Huntley Badenoch (9 April 1882 – 15 June 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop as an outside forward.[1][5] He made over 125 appearances for Southern League clubs Watford, Northampton Town and Tottenham Hotspur.[4][6]

Personal life

Badenoch was an engineer by trade and served in the Galloway Rifle Volunteers prior to leaving Scotland for England in 1901.[7] After his football career ended due to a knee injury.[2] Badenoch and his wife emigrated to Canada in January 1910 and reunited with other members of the Badenoch family in Indian Head, Saskatchewan.[7] There, he had two children and played for the local cricket club.[7][8] Badenoch returned to Britain with his family in 1913 and the following year, after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.[9][10] At the time of his enlistment, he was working as a sales manager.[11] Badenoch was posted to the Western Front with his regiment in February 1915 and saw action at St. Julien and Kitcheners' Wood.[9] He was killed on 15 June 1915, during the Second Action of Givenchy and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.[3][9]

Honours

Watford

Northampton Town

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Watford 1903–04[12] Southern League Second Division 19 1 2 0 21 1
1904–05[12] Southern League First Division 28 7 4 1 32 8
1905–06[12] 33 1 3 0 36 1
Total 80 9 9 1 89 10
Tottenham Hotspur 1906–07[13] Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 81 9 9 1 90 10

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 13. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c Goodwin, Bob (16 August 2017). The Spurs Alphabet. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
  3. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016 – Players – Atkinson to Bates" (PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Badenoch George Northampton Town 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 7 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "George Badenoch – Hearts Career – from 07 May 1901 to 07 May 1901". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "George Huntly Badenoch – Professional Footballer (1882–1915)" (PDF). mikerobertsbcn.files.wordpress.com. pp. 16–19. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Obituaries during the war, 1914–1916". Wisden Cricketer's Almanac. Retrieved 30 July 2020 – via ESPN Cricinfo.
  9. ^ a b c d "George Badenoch". www.mehstg.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  10. ^ "George Huntley Badenoch | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Private George Huntley Badenoch". www.canadiangreatwarproject.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016 » Seasons – 1900/01 to 1909/10" (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  13. ^ "George Huntly Badenoch". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.


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