George Sutherland |
![]() George Sutherland was born on Monday, 5th October, 1914, in Musselburgh, East Lothian. The defender signed for Donald Turner's Thistle on Wednesday, 11th September, 1935 (after a previous trial period), having most recently been with East Fife. Aged 20, he made his debut appearance on Saturday, 11th May, 1935, in a 2-1 win away to Queen's Park in the Glasgow Charity Cup. George scored his first goal for Thistle on Tuesday, 22nd April, 1941, in a 5-3 defeat away to Clyde in the Southern League. He scored his second and final goal for the club on Saturday, 29th August, 1942, in a 3-2 win away to Queen's Park in the Southern League. He played his last game for Thistle on Saturday, 13th February, 1943, in a 5-1 win away to Albion Rovers in the Southern League, having clocked up an impressive 249 appearances as a Jag. His club-list included Linlithgow Rose, East Fife, Partick Thistle and Heart of Midlothian. George died in 1969, aged 54 or 55. *
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26y, 6m, 17d | ![]() |
22.04.1941 Clyde [a] L3-5 (Southern League - game 29) |
27y, 10m, 24d | ![]() |
29.08.1942 Queen's Park [a] W3-2 (Southern League - game 4) |
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