George Wall

George Wall (20 February 1885 – June 1962) was an English footballer.

Career
Born in Boldon Colliery, County Durham, Wall started his career with Boldon Royal Rovers and played for Whitburn and Jarrow before joining Barnsley in 1903. In almost three years with Barnsley, Wall scored 24 league goals at a rate of almost one goal in every three games. In 1906, he transferred to Manchester United and helped them win the 1908 and 1911 league titles, as well as the 1909 FA Cup. He left the club in 1915 because of World War I and joined Oldham Athletic after the war in 1919.

During the First World War George Wall served in the Black Watch Regiment. After the war he was sold to Oldham Athletic for £200. While at Manchester United he had scored 100 goals, becoming just the third player in the history of the club to achieve this feat, after Joe Cassidy and Sandy Turnbull. On 21 November 1914, in a league match against Tottenham Hotspur he became club's top appearance maker, overtaking Fred Erentz with 311 games to his name. His total of 319 matches was Manchester United's record until 26 April 1920, when Billy Meredith made 320th of his 335 appearances for the club.

He then played for two seasons with Oldham, before travelling north of the border to Hamilton Academical. He returned to England to play for Rochdale a year later, but dropped out of league football in 1923, playing for Ashton National and Manchester Ship Canal. He retired in 1927.

Wall also won seven caps for England, scoring two goals.

Personal life
Wall's brother Thomas was a reserve team player at Manchester United and was killed during the First World War. Wall died in Manchester, aged 77, in June 1962.

Career statistics


Club

 * Manchester United
 * Football League First Division (2): 1907–08, 1910–11
 * FA Cup (1): 1908–09
 * FA Charity Shield (2): 1908, 1911

Cowdenbeath


 * Eastern League (1): 1916–17

Individual

 * Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame