George King (Scottish footballer)

George King (1870 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Burnley.

[3] King served as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War and was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916.

[4] He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

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