Dawson: George

1917-1917 (Leeds City War-time Guest Player Details)

Wing Half

Born: Bedlington: Unknown

Debut: v Huddersfield Town (a): 06-01-1917

Height & Weight: Unknown

Dawson started his career with his home town team, Bedlington United, and moved to Second Division Preston North End, making his debut early in the 1912-13 season and went on to make twenty-six appearances and assisted Preston’s promotion to the First Division. He soon established himself as North End’s first choice Left Half but Preston were relegated after finishing nineteenth in the First Division. He was still to the fore as Preston finished second in the Second Division in the last season before the Football League suspended League games due to the outbreak of WW1. He had made seventy-nine League appearances to that time and notched a goal in each season to total three times that he had found the back of the net. He returned to Deepdale, when the League fixtures recommenced after WW1. He made another forty-four League appearances in the two subsequent seasons, without adding to his goal tally. With City he made his debut at Left Half against Huddersfield Town and also featured at Left Half in the next two fixtures at home to Lincoln City and at Hillsborough against The Wednesday before playing his final game in City colours at Right Half at home to Hull City. He died in 1927.