| George Harrison | |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1892 |
| Birth Place: | Church Gresley, England |
| Death Place: | Church Gresley, England |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in[1] |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Years1: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs1: | Gresley Rovers |
| Caps1: | 11 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 1911–1913 |
| Clubs2: | Leicester Fosse |
| Caps2: | 59 |
| Goals2: | 9 |
| Years3: | 1913–1923 |
| Clubs3: | Everton |
| Caps3: | 190 |
| Goals3: | 17 |
| Years4: | 1914–1916 |
| Clubs4: | → Rangers (loan) |
| Years5: | 1923–1931 |
| Clubs5: | Preston North End |
| Caps5: | 274 |
| Goals5: | 72 |
| Years6: | 1931–1932 |
| Clubs6: | Blackpool |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 537 |
| Totalgoals: | 101 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1921 |
| Nationalteam1: | England |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
George Harrison (18 July 1892 – 12 February 1939) was an English international footballer who played as an outside left.
Harrison was born in Church Gresley in Derbyshire.[1] He was also known as Jud Harrison. He had two older siblings, and four younger siblings.[1] He had a son (also called George) born in June 1912, and married in May 1913.[1]
Harrison spent his early career with Gresley Rovers and Leicester Fosse.[1] [2] He played for Everton between 1913 and 1923.[3] He won the First Division Championship with Everton in 1915.[2] He was loaned to Rangers in December 1914, subsequently joining the Scots Guards.[1] His football career was interrupted by World War One; Harrison joined the Army in February 1916 and served as a guardsman, being demobilised in October 1919.[1] During the war he fought in the Battle of Passchendaele and was gassed.[2] After leaving Everton in 1923 he played for Preston North End and Blackpool before retiring in 1932.[1]
He earned two caps for England in 1921, playing against Belgium in a 2–0 victory and against Ireland in a 1–1 draw.[4]
He later became the licensee of a pub in Preston and also the licensee of the Rising Sun pub in Church Gresley.[1]
He died on 12 February 1939 aged 46, with his funeral being held in Church Gresley four days later.[1] He had been found by his son with throat wounds in the bathroom, and an inquest ruled the death as suicide,[1] as he suffered from depression.[2]