Georg Wilhelm 'Georges' Geldner (born 7 July 1872) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel in the 1890s.
They placed an advert in the local newspaper to arrange a meeting about founding the Football Club Basel.
[1] Geldner trained with the team and eleven days after the club was founded the first game took place.
The names of the players of both teams were recorded at that time, which can also be read in the annals of FC Basel, and the result was also passed on for posterity, Team 1: with the brothers and Georges, Roland and Max Geldner, Ferdinand Isler, Max Born, Josy Ebinger and Fritz Schäublin, beat Team 2: with John Tollmann, Adolf Hintermann, Wilhelm Glaser, Richard Strub, Mario Arbini, Emil Abderhalden, Lewis Gough and Jean Grieder by seven goals to two.
[4] Georges Geldner stayed with the team only this one season and during this time he played in both these games for Basel without scoring a goal.