George Haywood

Not to be confused with Port Vale and Southport footballer George Heywood or rugby player George Hayward (rugby union).

George Haywood

Personal information
Full name	George Haywood
Date of birth	(1906-12-11)11 December 1906
Place of birth	Coleorton, England
Date of death
Place of death	Coalville, England
Height
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–192?	Whitwick Imperial
192?–1928	Gresley Rovers
1928–1934	Birmingham	38	(15)
1934–193?	Chesterfield	16	(7)
193?–1935	Cradley Heath
1935–1936	Southport	6	(1)
1936–1939	Cradley Heath
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Haywood (11 December 1906 – 25 January 1992) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He made 60 appearances and scored 23 goals in the Football League, playing for Birmingham, Chesterfield and Southport.

Club career

Haywood was born in Coleorton, Leicestershire. He played for Whitwick Imperial and for Gresley Rovers before joining First Division club Birmingham as a professional in November 1928. He scored twice on his Birmingham debut, in a 3–0 defeat of Manchester City in December 1929, and proved an adequate deputy for England international Joe Bradford, but never established himself as a first-team regular. He went on to spend brief periods with Chesterfield and Southport in the Third Division North and for Cradley Heath in the Birmingham & District League before retiring in 1939. He died in Coalville, Leicestershire, in 1992 at the age of 85.