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Full name
  
George Albert Evans

Years
  
Team

Position
  
Wing half

Playing position
  
Wing half

Died
  
December 2000

Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Rhostyllen, Wales

Name
  
George Evans


Date of birth
  
(1935-07-06)6 July 1935

Date of death
  
December 2000 (age 65)

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George Albert Evans (26 July 1935 – December 2000) was a Welsh footballer, who played as a wing half for Wrexham and Chester in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Playing career

Evans spent time as a youngster with Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool before playing non-league football for Oswestry Town. He later joined Wrexham as a part-time player, continuing to work at Bersham Colliery near Wrexham.

In October 1957 he made his debut in The Football League for Wrexham against Hartlepools United, going on to make 175 league appearances for the club until 1963. That summer saw Evans move to Chester along with Stan Bennion in exchange for Bill Myerscough, where he again more than 100 league appearances.

After leaving Chester in 1969, Evans played for Bethesda Athletic and Colwyn Bay while continuing to work for the National Coal Board.

Honours

Wrexham

  • Football League Fourth Division promotion: 1961–62 (third place)
  • Welsh Cup winners: 1958; runners-up: 1962
  • Chester

  • Welsh Cup runners-up: 1966
  • References

    George Evans (footballer, born 1935) Wikipedia


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