George Wilkins (footballer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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English footballer
Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1919
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1999
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About George Wilkins (footballer)
- Ernest George Wilkins (27 October 1919 – January 1999) was a professional footballer and had 4 footballing sons, including the England International Ray Wilkins. George Wilkins was born in Hackney, East London.
- While working as a lorry boy, Wilkins played football for Hayes.
- In 1938 he signed as a professional for Brentford.
- After making his First Division debut in January 1939 he played three League games before the Second World War.
- He continued to play for Brentford during the war, including at Wembley in the 1942 London Cup Final, when Brentford beat Portsmouth.
- He served in the Royal Kent Regiment.
- When the war ended, he continued with Brentford but was sold in February 1947 for a fee of £7,000 to Bradford Park Avenue.
- In the following December he was sold to Nottingham Forest for £7,500.
- He moved to Leeds in September 1949 but only played 3 games for them.
- In a career interrupted by the war, he played 83 league games and scored 19 goals for the 4 professional clubs. In December 1949 he returned to Hayes as a coach.
- He played in the Kent League for Dover in the 1952–53 season.
- He was coach 3 times at Hayes until sacked in January 1961, when the players complained of his over-rigorous training methods. Three of his sons, Graham, Ray and Dean Wilkins, played professional football, with Ray playing 84 times for England.
- Another son, Stephen, was signed by Chelsea and made one appearance for Brentford, before playing for a number of non-league teams, including Dagenham and Hayes. He died in Bournemouth, Dorset, in January 1999.
- He was 79 years old.
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