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George Cuckson
English footballer
George Herbert Cuckson (also referred to as Cookson; 1878 – 13 October 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Gainsborough Trinity.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Herbert Cuckson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1878 (1878)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Gainsborough, England[3] | ||
| Date of death | (aged 37)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1898–1899 | Gainsborough Trinity | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Cuckson was married and worked as a bricklayer.[3] He enlisted as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment in Gainsborough after the outbreak of the First World War.[3] Sent to France with the 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, part of the 46th (North Midland) Division, he was killed on 13 October 1915 attacking the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos.[3][1][5] Cuckson is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.[1]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Gainsborough Trinity | 1898–99[4] | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
- "Casualty Details: Cuckson, George Herbert". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- "CUCKSON, George Herbert". Lincs to the Past. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- GH Cookson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- "George Herbert Cuckson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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