George Willis (footballer)

George Willis (9 November 1921 – 25 May 2011) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward for Brighton & Hove Albion, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City, and Taunton Town.

[1] In February 1948, he moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion,[2] who struggled at the foot of the Third Division South table in the 1947–48 campaign, before rising to sixth place in 1948–49.

He scored 13 goals in 28 league games for Don Welsh's "Seagulls" before leaving the Goldstone Ground for Plymouth Argyle in May 1949.

Plymouth finished just one place and three points above the drop zone in 1954–55 before suffering relegation in 1955–56 under the stewardship of Jack Rowley.

[3] He joined Norman Dodgin's Exeter City after he and John Porteous were signed for a fee of £250 in March 1956.