George Goddard (footballer)
- George Goddard (footballer)
George Goddard (20 December 1903 in Gomshall, Surrey – 24 March 1987 Redhill, Surrey) was a professional footballer (centre-forward) of the 1920s and 1930s. He was QPR's greatest ever goal scorer with 186 goals.
George signed for QPR from Redhill F.C. in 1926 and made his debut against Brentford in September that year. Over the course of the next eight seasons George played 243 league games scoring an incredible 174 league goals, a ratio never likely to be broken. His best season was in 1929-30 when he netted 37 league goals (nearly half the team's total) and another two in the FA Cup , making a total of 39 from 'only' 45 games.He was transferred to Brentford in December 1933 with the club in dire financial circumstances and needing to sell to raise money.He later had spells with Wolves, Sunderland, and Southend United.
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