Name George Lorimer | Role Rugby league | |
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Died February 8, 1897, Bradford, United Kingdom | ||
George Lorimer (birth registered April→June 1872 — 8 February 1897 (aged 24)) birth registered in Bradford district, was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s, playing club level rugby league (RL) for Manningham F.C., as a fullback, i.e. number 1, he died of Typhoid fever in Bradford district, his funeral took place at Heaton Baptist Church, hundreds of people walked alongside the horse-drawn hearse, and an estimated 8,000 people lined the streets from Manningham to Heaton. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Manningham was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since Friday 29 May 1903 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford City A.F.C..
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Championship appearances
George Lorimer played in Manningham F.C.'s victory in the Championship during the 1895–96 season.
Club career
George Lorimer was the joint top points scorer, along with Cooper of Bradford F.C., with 106-points during the 1895–96 season.
Change of Code
Manningham converted from the rugby union code to the rugby league code on Tuesday 27 August 1895, consequently, he may have been both a rugby union and rugby league footballer for Manningham.