1. George Henry Camsell was an English footballer who scored a club record 325 league goals in 419 games for Middlesbrough, and 18 goals in nine appearances for England.
12 Facts About George Camsell
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George Camsell holds the highest goals-to-games ratio for England of anyone who has played more than a single international.
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George Camsell's debut was against Nottingham Forest on 31 October 1925.
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George Camsell scored five on Christmas Day, 1926 against Manchester City and two more in the return fixture on 27 December.
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In February 1927, George Camsell broke the record for league goals in a season by a player, having overtaken Jimmy Cookson's haul of 44.
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The nine hat-tricks George Camsell scored that season remains an English record for most in a League season.
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George Camsell was Middlesbrough's top scorer in each of his first ten full seasons, and he bagged at least 30 in each of the first five as well as the tenth.
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Between 1925 and 1939, George Camsell scored 345 goals in 453 appearances for Middlesbrough, including 325 league goals, the fifth-highest league total of all-time.
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George Camsell scored 24 hat-tricks in his career, 22 for Middlesbrough.
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George Camsell scored in every match he played for England; his nine consecutive scoring appearances are second only to Steve Bloomer.
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George Camsell then became a coach and eventually the club's assistant secretary.
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George Camsell retired in 1963 and died in 1966, aged 63, shortly before that year's World Cup.