George Wynn

George Arthur Wynn ( born October 14, 1886 in Tref laugh at Oswestry, † October 28, 1966 in Abergele to Conwy ) was a Welsh football player. He was striker played most of his career in England, and stood in for the Welsh national team.

Career

Wynn began his career in 1906 at Oswestry United. The following year, he won with his club the Welsh Cup, where he scored the last goal in the final 2-0 victory over Whitchurch. A few weeks after the cup final Wynn was committed by the AFC Wrexham. His first cap for Wales, he played on March 1, 1909 against Scotland in a game of British Home Championship at the Racecourse Ground stadium in Wrexham; Wales won that game 3-2. His only international goal came Wynn in a 3-2 win over Ireland, which also took place at the Racecourse Ground.

In May 1909 Wynn moved for the high for that time of £ 250 for English second division club Manchester City. At Christmas 1909 he was in a 0-2 defeat against Bradford Park Avenue made ​​his debut for the Blues. Two days later, he scored against Grimsby Town his first goal for his new club.

In the 1909/10 season Wynn scored eleven goals in 24 games and helped City so to the championship of the Second Division. In the following three seasons he was nine, 16 and 18 goals respectively the best scorer of the team. After that, his career was shortened by the outbreak of the First World War. In 1919, shortly after the resumption of league football, Wynn played his last game for Manchester City from a total of 127 games in which he scored 59 goals.

After being in the so-called Victory Games - unofficial international matches between the national teams of Wales and England after the end of World War II - had set out for Wales, Wynn changed hands for £ 300 to Coventry City, where he played 25 games in two seasons. Finally, he let his career at Halifax Town and AFC Mossley finish.