George Law | |
Fullname: | George Law |
Birth Date: | 13 December 1885 |
Birth Place: | Arbroath, Scotland |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Height: | 5 ft 9 in[2] |
Position: | Right-back |
Youthclubs1: | Lochside |
Youthclubs2: | Arbroath Dauntless |
Years1: | 1905–1907 |
Years2: | 1907–1912 |
Years3: | 1912–1916 |
Clubs3: | Leeds City |
Caps2: | 96 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Caps3: | 105 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1916–1919 |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1917 |
Clubs5: | → Partick Thistle (loan) |
Caps5: | 4 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1919–1922 |
Caps6: | 32 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 241 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1910 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
George Law (13 December 1885 – 9 September 1969) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right back.
He began his career at local club Arbroath and moved to Rangers in 1907. Law became a favourite among the Ibrox fans for his determined, hard-tackling defensive style. Playing during the William Wilton era, he won a Scottish league championship medal in 1911, one Glasgow Cup, and two Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups. He never won a Scottish Cup, but did play in the abandoned 1909 Scottish Cup Final.[3]
Law left Rangers and moved to Leeds City in 1912.[4] During World War I he returned to Glasgow to work at shipyards on the River Clyde, signing again for Rangers[1] [5] and spending a short time on loan with Partick Thistle.[6] He returned to part-time Arbroath in the early 1920s.[7] After retirement from football, he went into the motor engineering business.[1]