*Indicates unconfirmed information. Figures in brackets after English team names indicate all appearances made and goals scored in competitive matches for Football League clubs from 1888 onwards. For Scottish League clubs the figures show details of all competitive appearances and goals scored from 1946/47 onwards.
George Baker
Appearances: 2 Goals: 1
Date / Year of birth: 24th May 1930
Position: Midfielder
Season of first appearance: 1947/48
Season of last appearance: 1947/48
Also played for:
Margate-born player who was actually the first baby ever to be born at Margate General Hospital after it was built in 1930.
George joined Margate for the 1947/48 season and played for the reserves throughout the campaign. He also made two first team appearances towards the end of the season.
George played on the left wing in a 4-3 Kent League Cup win at Maidstone on 27.3.48, scoring one of Margate's goals, and then had a game at right-back in a 7-3 home defeat against the same opponents on 1.5.48.
He continued to play in the reserves during the 1948/49 campaign by which time his brother Charlie was also on Margate's books.
George worked at Thanet Press for many years and played for the works' side in local amateur football. He turned out for their veterans team in a charity match at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate in March 1959.
In 2012 George's son Bob was a regular at Margate games at Hartsdown Park and George died in Margate towards the end of that year.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
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FAC |
KSC |
KLC |
KSS |
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1947/48 (MFC) |
2 (47) |
N/A |
1 |
KENT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (1ST OF 18) |
1QR |
1R |
W |
W |
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Margate
won Kent League
title. | |||||||||