George Lake (footballer)

George Andrew Lake (12 May 1889 – 6 November 1918) was an English professional footballer who made one appearance in the Football League for Chelsea as a left half.

[5] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Lake enlisted as a private in the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Divisional Cyclist Company.

[1] Lake died of wounds on 6 November 1918, five days before the armistice with Germany, two days after his battalion's attempt to cross the Sambre–Oise Canal near Frasnoy, France.

[1] He was buried in Frasnoy Communal Cemetery.

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a midfielder born in the 1880s, is a stub.