George Hedley

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George Albert Hedley (20 July 1876 – 16 August 1942) was a professional footballer who won the 1902 and 1908 FA Cup finals with Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers respectively, scoring in both.

He was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough.

Between 1903 and 1906 he was with Southern League Southampton, where he was top scorer in 1904-05 (jointly with Edgar Bluff) with ten league goals.

He was also manager at Bristol City from 1913 to 1915.

[edit] Honours

Sheffield United

• Football League Division One runner-up: 1899-00
• FA Cup winner: 1899, 1902
• FA Cup finalist: 1901

Southampton

• Southern League championship: 1903-04

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• FA Cup winner: 1908

[edit] References

Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. pp.163. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3. 

[edit] External links

• George Hedley management career stats at Soccerbase
• George Hedley England profile at Englandstats

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