George Philip (born 29 July 1878) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Heart of Midlothian, Portsmouth and Dundee.
Raised in the west end of Edinburgh,[2] he was contracted to Hearts for eight years, though only played regularly in three seasons,[3][4] being the most frequently used of several 'goalies' tried out during 1900–01, before being loaned out to non-league Cowdenbeath when George McWattie joined the club and acting as back-up to McWattie until 1904.
However despite this lack of consistent selection, he managed to claim two winner's medals in the Scottish Cup, in 1901[5] and 1906.
[8] In 1911 it was noted retrospectively that he had in fact been with Portsmouth[2] making him one of several men brought to the South Coast via former Hearts player Albert Buick (and Plymouth therefore merely a confusion between the club names).
[10] In 1908 he returned to Scotland and joined Dundee – at Dens Park it is known that he was a reserve behind Bob Crumley, playing in only six Scottish Football League fixtures in three seasons[11][12] (an outfield player of the same name also joined the club in that period).