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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1903-12-20)20 December 1903 | ||
| Place of birth | Gomshall, England | ||
| Date of death | April 1987(1987-04-00) (aged 83) | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923-1926 | Redhill | ? | (69) |
| 1926-27 | Queens Park Rangers | 38 | (23) |
| 1927-28 | Queens Park Rangers | 34 | (25) |
| 1928-29 | Queens Park Rangers | 43 | (38) |
| 1929-30 | Queens Park Rangers | 45 | (39) |
| 1930-31 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | (27) |
| 1931-32 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | (19) |
| 1932-33 | Queens Park Rangers | 35 | (14) |
| 1933-34 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | (0) |
| 1933-34 | →Brentford | ||
| 1933-34 | →Wolverhampton Wanderers, | 16 | (11) |
| 1934-35 | Wolverhampton Wanderers, | 1 | (0) |
| 1934-35 | →Sunderland AFC | 11 | (4) |
| 1935-36 | Sunderland AFC | 3 | (2) |
| 1935-36-37 | →Southend United FC | 29 | (18) |
| 1937-38 | Southend United FC | 5 | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
George Goddard (1903–1987) was a professionalfootballer who played as acentre forward in the 1920s and 1930s, notably withQueens Park Rangers F.C.. Goddard signed from Redhill in 1926 after being scouted by John Bowman, the former Rangers player and Norwich City manager. He scored 174Football League goals (186 including cup goals) in 243 appearances for Queens Park Rangers, becoming the club's all time leading goalscorer. AtQueens Park Rangers, Goddard netted an impressive 37 league goals in 41 league appearances during the 1929-30 campaign. Including 2 FA Cup goals he scored a total of 39 goals in only 45 games.
Goddard leftQueens Park Rangers, in December 1933, being sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a transfer fee of £1,200 due toQueens Park Rangers poor financial state and needing to raise money due to their ill-fated spell at the White City Stadium.
Goddard also had spells atSunderland andSouthend United in the later stages of his career. Whilst with Southend he trained regularly with Brentford as he had business interests at Hampton Court.
Goddard married John Bowman's daughter in June 1931 in Harlesden.
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