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Dewis: George Renger (George)

WW2 Guest: 1943-1944 (Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)

Centre Forward

Born: Burbage, Leicestershire: 22-01-1913

Debut: v Huddersfield Town (a): 25-12-1943

Height & Weight: Unknown

Dewis started his career with Stoke Golding and then Nuneaton Town but in October 1933 he joined his only Football League team Leicester City, who were then in the First Division. It took a long time for Dewis to became the first choice striker, something that he did not achieve until the last seasons before the Second World War and when the Football League fixtures were suspended for the duration of the War he had scored twenty-five goals in seventy-two League games and three more in seven F.A. Cup ties. During the war Years he played for Leicester City and also guested for Leeds United, Chesterfield and Sheffield United. With Leeds he played the last fixture of the 1943-44 Football League Northern Section (First Championship) and the first game of the Second Championship which were played on Xmas Day and Boxing Day 1943 respectively both games were away and Leeds lost both. They went down to Huddersfield Town at Leeds Road 0-3 and then Bradford Park Avenue by 1-2. With the Foxes he was quite prolific, scoring ten times in fifteen games in 1939-40, twenty-four times in thirty games in 1940-41 seven goals in just three games in 1941-42, then four in six games in 1942-43, eight in seven games in 1943-44, five in seven games in 1944-45 and three in ten games in 1945-46.In his guest appearances , other than at Leedshe played twice for Chesterfield in 1941-42, without scoring, but gave Sheffield United good value in scoring thre goals in just three games in 1944-45. Afterthe War Dewis returned to Leicester City, who by then were in the Second Division and was the regular Centre Forward for two seasons but then only played one game in each of his final two seasons before retiring in the 1949-50 having scored twenty goals in forty-four League and three goals in six F.A. Cup ties after the War. He joined the Leicester coaching staff and is credited with the emergence of Peter Shilton. He died in 1994.

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