George Dewsnip Explained

George Dewsnip
Birth Date:1956 5, df=y
Birth Place:Little Hulton[1] Salford, England
Position:Left winger
Youthclubs1:Thurrock
Youthclubs2:Gidea Park Rangers
Years1:1972–1974
Years2:1974–1977
Years3:1977–1978
Years4:1978–1979
Years5:1979
Years6:1980
Years7:1980–1982
Years8:1982
Clubs1:Preston North End
Clubs2:Southport
Clubs3:Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Clubs4:Los Angeles Aztecs
Clubs5:Atlanta Chiefs
Clubs6:Columbus Magic
Clubs7:Cleveland Force (indoor)
Clubs8:New Jersey Rockets (indoor)
Caps1:0
Caps2:87
Caps3:28
Caps4:13
Caps5:17
Caps7:54
Caps8:12
Goals1:0
Goals2:11
Goals3:3
Goals4:3
Goals5:0
Goals7:18
Goals8:1

George Dewsnip is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League, North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

He became an apprentice in 1972 and later signed professional terms with Preston North End but was released in 1974 without making a first team appearance.[2] He then joined nearby Southport.

In June 1977, Southport sold Dewsnip's contract to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League for £11,000.[3] In June 1978, the Strikers sent Dewsnip, Andy Rolland and the number one selection in the 1980 NASL Draft to the Los Angeles Aztecs in exchange for George Best.[4] He spent a season and a half in Los Angeles before being sent to the Atlanta Chiefs. He finished the 1979 season in Atlanta, then played for the Columbus Magic of the American Soccer League in 1980. That fall, he signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1978-1979. August 1978. Macdonald and Jane's. 386.
  2. Rothmans Football Yearbook 1974-1975 (published 1974), Queen Anne Press, p380
  3. Web site: Southport FC: June 1977 . 12 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604030639/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/thirty55a.htm . 4 June 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: Fort Lauderdale Strikers History.