George Dick (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George White Dick | ||
| Date of birth | 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1960 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1948 | Blackpool | 47 | (13) |
| 1948–1949 | West Ham | 14 | (1) |
| 1949–1951 | Carlisle United | 52 | (23) |
| 1951 | 25 | (12) | |
| 1951–1953 | Workington | 56 | (16) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1953–1955 | Racing Club Ghent | ||
| 1957–1958 | Boldklubben 1909 | ||
| 1958–1959 | Galatasaray | ||
| 1959–1960 | Boldklubben 1909 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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George White Dick (1921–1960) was a Scottish Guardsman, B.A.O.R. cruiserweight boxing champion, and professional football player and manager.
After leaving the army, while making up his mind whether to take a letter of recommendation to a London club, Dick worked as a waiter in Blackpool. He asked Joe Smith, Blackpool F.C. manager, for a trial in August 1946, and within ten minutes was signed on. He played in the 1948 FA Cup Final for Blackpool against Manchester United. He also wrote training manuals and was one of the first qualified FA coaches. He managed Galatasaray in Turkey on two occasions. His life was cut short when he was killed in a road accident in 1960.
Dick began his professional career in 1946 with Blackpool. He made his debut for the club in their tenth league game of the 1946–47 campaign, against Arsenal at Bloomfield Road on 5 October 1946. Wearing the number 8 shirt, he scored the hosts' second goal (Stan Mortensen scored the first).
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).
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