George Cummings (footballer)

George Wilfred Cummings (5 June 1913 – 9 April 1987) was a Scottish football player of the 1930s and 1940s.[1]

Cummings was the captain of Aston Villa's great post-war defence, having signed for the club before the war, in 1935 from Partick Thistle. He represented both Scotland[2][3] and the Scottish League XI.[4]

He gained a Second Division championship medal in 1938 and a League War Cup tankard in 1944. He was Villa's skipper from 1945 to 1949. He was popular with supporters due to his never-say-die spirit and no-nonsense defending. He played 237 times for Villa between 1935 and his retirement in 1949.

On retirement he worked for the Dunlop Rubber Company and Hardy Spicer Ltd. in Birmingham.

References
  1. "George Cummings". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. George Cummings at the Scottish Football Association
  3. "George Cummings". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. "George Cummings". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  • George Cummings at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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