George Adey | |
Birth Date: | 1869 |
Birth Place: | Handsworth, England |
Death Place: | Birmingham, England |
Position: | Wing half / Inside forward |
Clubs1: | Bournbrook |
Years3: | 1898–1902 |
Caps3: | 71 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1902–19?? |
George W. Adey (1869 – after 1901) was an English professional footballer born in Handsworth, Birmingham, who played as a wing half or inside forward. He made 71 appearances for Small Heath in the Football League, and went on to play for Kettering of the Southern League.[1] [2]
In a 1901 profile of the Small Heath club and players in the Daily Express, C.B. Fry wrote that "Adey is not showy, but he is a fine tackler, and remarkably persistent", and that he and his half-back colleagues Alex Leake and Walter Wigmore "get through an amount of work that is simply astonishing".[3]