1. George Richard Hilsdon was an English footballer who played as a striker.
14 Facts About George Hilsdon
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George Hilsdon's career was ended by the First World War, to which he was conscripted in 1914 and critically injured by a gas attack.
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George Hilsdon was nicknamed "Gatling Gun" because his shots "were simply unstoppable and which travel like shots from a gun".
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George Hilsdon scored 27 goals that season, which helped earn Chelsea promotion to the First Division in their second year of professional football.
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George Hilsdon became the first Chelsea player to score 100 goals, and ended his time there with 108 from 164 games.
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George Hilsdon is currently the club's 10th highest goal scorer of all time.
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George Hilsdon was known at this point as the "old international", even though he was still only 27 years of age.
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George Hilsdon played for West Ham until 1915, and during his two spells there he recorded 92 Southern League appearances, and scored 35 goals.
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George Hilsdon played in four World War I games for the East London club.
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George Hilsdon is credited with helping the development of young West Ham striker Syd Puddefoot.
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George Hilsdon received international recognition for England, often playing alongside his Chelsea teammate, Jimmy Windridge.
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George Hilsdon made his England debut in February 1907, against Ireland.
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George Hilsdon fought on the Western Front where he was attacked by gas.
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George Hilsdon died in Leicester in 1941 and only four people came to his funeral.