George Antonio

George Antonio

Personal information
Full name	George Rowlands Antonio
Date of birth	20 October 1914
Place of birth	Whitchurch, Shropshire, England
Date of death
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Oswestry Town
1935–1946	Stoke City	84	(13)
1946–1947	Derby County	18	(2)
1948–1949	Doncaster Rovers	34	(7)
1949–1950	Mansfield Town	67	(2)
–	Oswestry Town
–	Wellington Town
–	Stafford Rangers
–	Oswestry Town
–	Berriew
Total		203	(24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Rowlands Antonio (20 October 1914 – 2 July 1997) was an English footballer of Italian descent who played in the Football League for Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Mansfield Town and Stoke City.

Career

Antonio was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire started with non-league Oswestry Town before joining Stoke City in 1935. He made his Stoke debut against Liverpool on the final day of the 1935–36 season and established himself in the side the following season. He scored twice in a 10–3 win over West Bromwich Albion, Stoke's record victory. He played quite regularly in the next two seasons sharing positions with Bobby Liddle. During World War II he guested for Nottingham Forest making three appearances in 1939–40 and seven appearances scoring 2 goals in 1940–41. In the 1945–46 season, he guested for Ipswich Town as well as a number of other clubs. He played 16 times for Stoke in 1946–47 season scoring five goals before joining Derby County in March 1947. In the year he was at Derby he played 18 matches and scored twice. He joined Doncaster Rovers for the 1948–49 season appearing 34 times and scoring seven goals, then signed for Mansfield Town from 1949 to 1950 playing 67, scoring twice.

Career statistics

• Sourced from George Antonio profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1935–36	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1936–37	First Division	20	3	2	0	22	3
	1937–38	First Division	24	1	3	0	27	1
	1938–39	First Division	23	4	2	0	25	4
	1945–46	—			7	2	7	2
	1946–47	First Division	16	5	0	0	16	5
	Total		84	13	14	2	98	15
Derby County	1946–47	First Division	11	1	0	0	11	1
	1947–48	First Division	7	1	0	0	7	1
	Total		18	2	0	0	18	2
Doncaster Rovers	1948–49	Third Division North	24	3	1	1	25	4
	1949–50	Third Division North	10	4	0	0	10	4
	Total		34	7	1	1	35	8
Mansfield Town	1949–50	Third Division North	29	1	2	1	31	2
	1950–51	Third Division North	38	1	6	0	44	1
	Total		67	2	8	1	75	3
Career Total			203	24	23	4	226	28

External links

• George Antionio stats at Neil Brown stat site