George Hebden
Full name: George Horace Robert Hebden |
Birthdate: 02.06.1900 |
Birthplace: West Ham |
Position: Goalkeeper |
Joined from: Barking Town |
Signed by: Peter Hodge |
Nationality: England |
First game: Hull City, 09.04.1921 |
Last game: Hull City, 22.11.1924 |
Games: 104 |
Goals: 0 |
Player Profile |
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Hebden was a talented and fearless goalkeeper who almost didn't see his career take off owing to his service as a teenager to the war. It came when he was starting out in football with Clapton, but he returned from the war to play, and impress, for Barking Town.
It was with Barking where he impressed Foxes scouts and he made the move north initially as back-up goalkeeper in May 1920. He had to bide his time for regular first-team action and it came just a year later when he dislodged Herbert Bown in the number one position.
Hebden eventually made a century of starts in goal for City, playing 101 times in total in the league and three times in the FA Cup. His career with the club came to an end and he went on to play for Queens Park Rangers, twice, with a spell at Gillingham coming between.
Seasons | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Year | Division | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | Apps | Gls | |
1920-21 | Division Two (old) | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | |
1921-22 | Division Two (old) | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | |
1922-23 | Division Two (old) | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 44 | 0 | |
1923-24 | Division Two (old) | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34 | 0 | |
1924-25 | Division Two (old) | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | |
Total | 101 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 104 | 0 |
Appearances
Transfers
Club | Fee | Date | |
IN | Barking Town | Unknown | May 1920 |
OUT | Queens Park Rangers | Unknown | May 1925 |