George Adey Football player

George W. Adey (1869 – after 1901) was an English professional footballer born in Handsworth, Birmingham, who played as a wing half or inside forward. He made 71 appearances for Small Heath in the Football League, and went on to play for Kettering of the Southern League.In a 1901 profile of the Small Heath club and players in the Daily Express, C.B. Fry wrote that "Adey is not showy, but he is a fine tackler, and remarkably persistent", and that he and his half-back colleagues Alex Leake and Walter Wigmore "get through an amount of work that is simply astonishing".

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1869
Birth place
England , Birmingham , Handsworth West Midlands
Place of death
England , Birmingham

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Football player

position
Inside forward
Wing half
teams
Stourbridge F.C.
Birmingham City F.C.
Kettering Town F.C.

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