George Elmore (footballer)
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Full name
George V. Elmore[1]
Date of birth
1880
Place of birth
Witton, England
Date of death
1 July 1916 (aged 36)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George V. Elmore[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Witton, England | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1916 (aged 36)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1897 | Witton Villa | ||
| 1897–1898 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 1898–1899 | Broadheath | ||
| 1899–1900 | Winnington Park | ||
| 1900–1902 | Witton Albion | ||
| 1902–1903 | Broadheath | ||
| 1903 | West Bromwich Albion | 3 | (1) |
| 1903–1904 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | (5) |
| 1904 | Witton Albion | ||
| 1904–1907 | Altrincham | ||
| 1907–1909 | Glossop | 34 | (14) |
| 1909–1910 | Blackpool | 34 | (6) |
| 1910–1912 | Partick Thistle | 52 | (18) |
| 1912–1917 | St Mirren | 62 | (17) |
| 1914 | → Witton Albion (loan) | ||
| 1915 | → St Bernard's (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1915 | → Broxburn United (loan) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George V. Elmore (1880 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop, Blackpool and West Bromwich Albion as a forward.[4][5][6] He also played in the Scottish League for St Mirren and Partick Thistle and is regarded as Altrincham's 'first star player'.[7]
Elmore worked in the salt trade in Northwich.[7] In September 1914, one month after Britain's entry into the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Scots.[7] Elmore was deployed on the Western Front in January 1916 and was serving as a lance corporal when he was killed in Sausage Valley on the first day of the Somme.[3][7] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[2]
