George Dickie (footballer)

George Dickie

Personal information
Full name	George James Dickie[1]
Date of birth	22 September 1903[1]
Place of birth	Montrose, Scotland[1]
Date of death	1960 (aged 56–57)[1]
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Buckie Thistle
1923	Preston North End	0	(0)
–	Buckie Thistle
1925	Stoke City	1	(0)
1925	Preston North End	3	(1)
	Forres Mechanics
1926–1927	St Johnstone	5	(0)
1927–1928	New Brighton	56	(15)
1928–1929	Bristol City	48	(4)
	Chester
1931–1932	Macclesfield	36	(9)
1932	Chester	1	(0)
1932	New Brighton	27	(4)
Total		177	(33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George James Dickie (22 September 1903 – 1960) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Bristol City, Chester, New Brighton, Preston North End and Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Dickie was born in Montrose and played for Buckie Thistle where he had an unsuccessful trial at Preston North End in 1923 before joining Stoke City in 1925.^[1] He played once for Stoke before signing for Preston and then returned to Scotland with Forres Mechanics and then St Johnstone.^[1][2] He them made a more successful spell in English football playing two seasons for New Brighton and Bristol City. Dickie then went on to play for Chester, Macclesfield and made a return to New Brighton.^[1]

Career statistics

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1925–26	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Preston North End	1925–26	Second Division	3	1	0	0	3	1
New Brighton	1927–28	Third Division North	42	11	4	0	46	11
	1928–29	Third Division North	14	4	1	0	15	4
Bristol City	1928–29	Second Division	25	3	0	0	25	3
	1929–30	Second Division	23	1	0	0	23	1
Macclesfield	1931–32[4]	Cheshire League	36	9	5	3	41	12
Chester	1932–33	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	1	0
New Brighton	1932–33	Third Division North	27	4	0	0	27	4
Career Total			172	33	10	3	182	36

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
3. George Dickie at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
4. "Cheshire League – 1931-32". Silkmen Archive.