| George Elmore | |
| Fullname: | George V. Elmore |
| Birth Date: | 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Witton, England |
| Death Date: | 1 July 1916 (aged 36) |
| Death Place: | Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | –1897 |
| Clubs1: | Witton Villa |
| Years2: | 1897–1898 |
| Clubs2: | Northwich Victoria |
| Years3: | 1898–1899 |
| Clubs3: | Broadheath |
| Years4: | 1899–1900 |
| Clubs4: | Winnington Park |
| Years5: | 1900–1902 |
| Clubs5: | Witton Albion |
| Years6: | 1902–1903 |
| Clubs6: | Broadheath |
| Years7: | 1903 |
| Clubs7: | West Bromwich Albion |
| Caps7: | 3 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 1903–1904 |
| Clubs8: | Bristol Rovers |
| Caps8: | 21 |
| Goals8: | 5 |
| Years9: | 1904 |
| Clubs9: | Witton Albion |
| Years10: | 1904–1907 |
| Clubs10: | Altrincham |
| Years11: | 1907–1909 |
| Clubs11: | Glossop |
| Caps11: | 34 |
| Goals11: | 14 |
| Years12: | 1909–1910 |
| Clubs12: | Blackpool |
| Caps12: | 34 |
| Goals12: | 6 |
| Years13: | 1910–1912 |
| Clubs13: | Partick Thistle |
| Caps13: | 52 |
| Goals13: | 18 |
| Years14: | 1912–1917 |
| Clubs14: | St Mirren |
| Caps14: | 62 |
| Goals14: | 17 |
| Years15: | 1914 |
| Clubs15: | → Witton Albion (loan) |
| Years16: | 1915 |
| Clubs16: | → St Bernard's (loan) |
| Caps16: | 4 |
| Goals16: | 1 |
| Years17: | 1915 |
| Clubs17: | → Broxburn United (loan) |
George V. Elmore (1880 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop, Blackpool and West Bromwich Albion as a forward.[1] [2] [3] He also played in the Scottish League for St Mirren and Partick Thistle and is regarded as Altrincham's 'first star player'.[4]
Elmore worked in the salt trade in Northwich. In September 1914, one month after Britain's entry into the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Scots. Elmore was deployed on the Western Front in January 1916 and was serving as a lance corporal when he was killed in Sausage Valley on the first day of the Somme.[5] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| West Bromwich Albion | 1902–03[6] | First Division | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 1903–04[7] | Southern League First Division | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
| Partick Thistle | 1910–11[8] | Scottish League First Division | 32 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | |
| 1911–12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | |||
| Total | 52 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 21 | |||
| St Mirren | 1912–13 | Scottish League First Division | 34 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | |
| 1913–14 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 8 | |||
| Total | 62 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 138 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 154 | 47 | |||
Witton Albion
Altrincham