George Griffiths (footballer, born 1865) explained

George Griffiths
Birth Date:11 April 1865
Birth Place:Chirk, Wales
Death Place:Leigh, England
Position:Inside left
Clubs1:Chirk
Nationalyears1:1887
Nationalteam1:Wales
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

George Griffiths (11 April 1865 – 7 July 1918) was a Welsh amateur footballer who played for Chirk as an inside left. He was capped by Wales at international level.[1]

Personal life

Griffiths worked as a miner and had eight children.[2] He also served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. Griffiths served in the Army Service Corps during the First World War and was discharged in 1917 after an injury to his knee. He died of stomach cancer in July 1918.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wales player database 1872 to 2013 . 30 April 2016 . eu-football.info.
  2. News: Duffy . Steve . 16 June 2016 . World War One: Wales footballers who never came home . en-GB . BBC News . 19 September 2016.