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George Horler

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George Horler
Personal information
Full name George Henry Horler[1]
Date of birth 10 February 1895
Place of birth Coleford, England
Date of death March 1967 (1967-04) (aged 72)[2]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1913 Coleford Athletic
1913– Frome Town
0000–1922 Reading 56 (0)
1922–1927 West Ham United 47 (0)
1927–1928 Fulham 8 (0)
Aldershot Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Henry Horler (10 February 1895 – March 1967) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Reading, West Ham United and Fulham.[1][3][4]

Personal life

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Horler served as a sergeant in the Army Medical Corps during the First World War.[5]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 1922–23[6] Second Division 5 0 2 0 7 0
1924–25[6] First Division 15 0 0 0 15 0
1925–26[6] 5 0 0 0 5 0
1926–27[6] 20 0 3 0 23 0
1927–28[6] 2 0 2 0
Total 47 0 5 0 52 0
Fulham 1927–28[7] Second Division 8 0 1 0 9 0
Career total 55 0 6 0 61 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 143. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ George Horler at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Reading Evening Post". 3 April 1967. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Horler George West Ham United 1923". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Reading | Club | History | History | Our World War One heroes". Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "George Horler". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. ^ "George Horler". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 15 July 2019.