Many happy returns George Camsell 121 years ago today

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George Henry Camsell was born in Framwellgate, County Durham 1902

After making 21 third division appearences for Durham City he joined the mighty Boro in October 1925 for £600

In the early days he made little impression when playing outside left, making his Boro debut, registered No245, at home to Forest in a 1-0 win & might have joined Barnsley for £200, fortunately Barnsley were finding it difficult to raise the money, Ironically the team he scored his 1st goal against in a 1-0 away win

GC Boro career really took off due to an injury to the clubs CF in 1926 & after missing the 1st four games of the season was brought in & only missed one more game that season, scoring an incredible 63 goals in 40 games, league & Cup

In the season he scored a brace 4 times, 5 hat tricks & 4 goals in 3 matches, 5 goals once & 3 penalties through an unbelievable season, he mised a couple of penalties too in his record goalscoring that sesdon he got 59 goals

Between 1925 to 1939 he scored 345 goals in 453 matches, add to that his amazing England record, probably England's best CF based on appearences & goals ratio, 9 games, 18 goals, unreal

12 hat tricks, 9 x 4 goals 2 X 5 goals throughout his Boro career, amazing stat

Well done Steve Gibson on the statue of George Camsell

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Can you imagine his price tag in todays market?
You'd need more than £200!

[erimus74]

Can you imagine his price tag in todays market?
You'd need more than £200!

Easy & worth every penny