George Dick (footballer)

George Dick
Personal information
Full name	George White Dick
Date of birth	12 June 1921
Place of birth	Torphichen, Scotland
Date of death	7 September 1960 (aged 39)
Place of death	Carlisle, England
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1948	Blackpool
1948–1949	West Ham United
1949–1951	Carlisle United
1951	Stockport County
1951–1953	Workington
Managerial career
1953–1955	Racing Club Ghent
1957–1958	Boldklubben 1909
1958–1959	Galatasaray
1959–1960	Boldklubben 1909
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George White Dick (12 June 1921 – 7 September 1960) was a Scottish Guardsman, B.A.O.R. cruiserweight boxing champion, and professional football player and manager.^[1]

After leaving the army, while making up his mind whether to take a letter of recommendation to a

road accident

in 1960.

Football career

Playing

Dick began his professional career in 1946 with

1946–47 campaign, against Arsenal at Bloomfield Road on 5 October 1946.^[2] Wearing the number 8 shirt, he scored the hosts' second goal (Stan Mortensen scored the first).^[2]

Dick went on to make a further 30 league and one FA Cup appearances that season. He scored eleven goals in the league, and finished second-top scorer behind Mortensen. Aside from his debut goal, his other strikes came against Manchester United (home, 3–1, 19 October); Stoke City (away, 1–4, 7 December); Huddersfield Town (home, 2–1, 28 December); Derby County (home, 2–1, 1 February 1947); Preston North End (two goals) (home, 4–0, 15 February); Chelsea (two goals) (away, 4–1, 8 March); and Sheffield United (two goals) (home, 4–2, 15 March).^[2]

In the

the final against Manchester United, in what proved to be his final game for the club. He scored one of their goals in the 4–0 victory over Leeds United

in the third round.

In August 1948, Dick was sold to

£7,000. He remained with the Hammers for a season, at the end of which he moved north to sign for Carlisle United. Two years later, in October 1951, he joined Stockport County

for a short spell.

In late 1951 he signed for

captain

, from the playing side of the game two years later.