George Furr

George Furr

Personal information
Full name	George Melville Furr[1]
Date of birth	14 August 1885[2]
Place of birth	Barnet, England[2]
Date of death	2 January 1967(1967-01-02) (aged 81)[2]
Place of death	Letchworth, England[2]
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Hitchin St John's
	Hitchin Town
1906	Biggleswade
1906–1909	Watford	37	(3)
1909–1910	Manchester City	3	(0)
1911–1912	Croydon Common	2	(0)
1912	Watford	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Melville Furr (14 August 1885 – 2 January 1967) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Manchester City.^[1]

Personal life

Furr's three brothers, Harry, Vic and Willie, also played professional football and his son played football as an amateur.^[3] His sisters Amelia and Miriam married footballers William Grimes and George Payne respectively.^[2] Furr followed his father into fishmongery and built up a number of fishmongers and chip shops across Hertfordshire.^[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Watford	1907–08[4]	Southern League First Division	20	3	0	0	20	3
	1908–09[4]		17	0	3	0	20	0
	Total		37	3	3	0	40	3
Manchester City	1909–10[2]	Second Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Croydon Common	1911–12[2]	Southern League Second Division	2	0	1	0	3	0
Career Total			42	3	4	0	46	3

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 105. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. "Furr George Melville" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Alan Futter. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. "Players – Forbes to Geijo" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
4. "Seasons – 1900/01 to 1909/10" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.