George Gillespie
George Gillespie |
see also: George Gillespie (match official) → |
![]() George Gillespie was born on Thursday, 1st April, 1858, in Anderston, Glasgow. The goalkeeper first appeared as a guest for Thistle in August, 1887, having most recently been with Queen's Park. Aged 29, he made his first known appearance on Monday, 15th August, 1887, in a 2-0 win at home to Western Hibernians in a Benefit match. In doing so, George joined the goalies' clean-sheet debutant's club. He registered the last of his 3 known clean-sheets on Saturday, 22nd April, 1893, in a 4-0 win at home to Glasgow Thistle in the Scottish Alliance League. That was actually the last of his 3 known games for the club, so he left with a 100% clean-sheet record! His club-list included Rosslyn, Rangers, Queen's Park, Corinthians, Partick Thistle and St Bernard's. George died on Saturday, 3rd February, 1900, in Glasgow, aged 41. |
compiled from our All Games criteria. |
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1 | 29y, 4m, 14d | ![]() |
15.08.1887 Western Hibernians [h] W2-0 (Benefit) |
2 | 32y, 8m, 26d | ![]() |
27.12.1890 Pollokshaws [h] W4-0 (Friendly) |
3 | 35y, 0m, 21d | ![]() |
22.04.1893 Glasgow Thistle [h] W4-0 (Scottish Alliance - game 16) |
George Gillespie's clean-sheet ratio |
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3/3 ← success rate → 100% |
Thistle's clean-sheet ratio |
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1572/6748 ← success rate → 23.3% |
@ 25-Nov-2023 |