George Jordan (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | c. 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 8 July 1944 (aged 27)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Normandy, France | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1934 | Partick Thistle | 0 | (0) |
| 1934–1938 | Kilbirnie Ladeside | ||
| 1938–1940 | Cowdenbeath | 46 | (0) |
| 1940 | → St Johnstone (guest) | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Jordan (1917 – 8 July 1944) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Cowdenbeath as a right back.[2][3]
Personal life
[edit]In 1940, early in the Second World War, Jordan enlisted as a private in the Black Watch.[4] He was killed in the Battle of Normandy on 8 July 1944, while serving with the 7th Battalion, part of the 51st (Highland) Division.[4] Jordan was buried in Ranville War Cemetery.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cowdenbeath | 1937–38[3] | Scottish Second Division | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1938–39[3] | Scottish Second Division | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Career total | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
Honours
[edit]Cowdenbeath
Individual
- Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "George Jordan". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ a b "Cowden will remember". Central Fife Times. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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Categories:
- Scottish men's footballers
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- 1944 deaths
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players
- St Johnstone F.C. wartime guest players
- Scottish military personnel killed in action
- British Army personnel killed in World War II
- Black Watch soldiers
- 1917 births
- Burials at Ranville war cemetery
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football defender, 1910s birth stubs