George Baddeley
Personal information
Full name	George Baddeley
Date of birth	8 May 1874(1874-05-08)
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Date of death	July 1952 (aged 78)
Place of death	West Bromwich, England
Playing position	Half back
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1900–1908 1908–1914	Stoke West Bromwich Albion	225 (19)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

George Baddeley (8 May 1874 – July 1952) was an English footballer who played as a half back. Born in Fegg Hayes, Stoke-upon-Trent, he attended Fegg Hayes Church of England School. After leaving school he played football for Ball Heath, Burslem Swifts, Pitshill F.C. and Biddulph F.C. He joined Stoke in May 1900 and went on to appear more than 200 times for the club as well as serving as captain. In July 1908 Baddeley signed for West Bromwich Albion for £250 and made his debut away at Grimsby Town two months later. He won a Second Division championship medal with the club in 1910–11 and an FA Cup runners-up medal in 1912. Baddeley's last game for Albion was against Sheffield Wednesday on 18 April 1914, at the age of 39 years, 345 days.^[1] He remains, as of October 2008, the oldest player ever to appear for the club in a competitive fixture. He retired from football the following month after playing making 157 senior appearances for West Bromwich Albion. He subsequently became a publican and also worked in the upholstery trade. He died in West Bromwich in July 1952.

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (2005). The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion. Breedon Books. pp. pp20–21. ISBN 1-85983-474-4. 

Persondata
NAME	Baddeley, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	8 May 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
DATE OF DEATH	July 1952
PLACE OF DEATH	West Bromwich, England

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