George Raitt

George Raitt

Personal information
Date of birth	(1888-08-14)14 August 1888
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	24 June 1960(1960-06-24) (aged 71)
Place of death	Brighton, Australia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1909–1911	Cambuslang Rangers
1911–1912	Huddersfield Town	6	(0)
1913–1925	Melbourne Thistle
International career
1924	Australia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George P. Raitt was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.

Raitt moved to Victoria in Australia where he played for Melbourne Thistle, winning premierships in 1914 and 1915 and the league-cup double in 1925. He captained the first touring Victorian state team in 1914 and continued to appear in representative teams for the state up to 1925.

Raitt played three internationals for Australia, his one full A-international coming in a loss to Canada in 1924.

References

• Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Andrew Howe (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every National Team Player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0648133308.