George Lawrence

Career Early career Lawrence spent his junior career playing for Manners Rangers, before joining Ilkeston United in September 1909.

For his first four seasons at the club, Lawrence would play the role as backup goalkeeper to first choice keeper Ernald Scattergood, which restricted his appearances for the first team in the First Division, four league appearances in 1912–13 and nine in 1913–14. The club would get relegated in 1914. It wouldn't be until 1914 when Lawrence would take on the role as first choice goalkeeper, he played a major part in Derby's 1914–15 Second Division league championship,

World War I would then postpone league football for four seasons, and Lawrence would serve the country during the conflict. When league football resumed would retain his role as first choice Derby goalkeeper for another three seasons, playing 32 times in 1919–20. Lawrence would play 28 times in 1920–21, In this season, Derby would play Coventry City at Highfield Road in November 1921, the first league meeting between the two sides, which was forced to be abandoned after half an hour with no score due to heavy fog. For the 1922–23 season Ben Olney would take over as first choice keeper. Lawrence left Derby in the summer of 1924 and during his 14 years at the club, Lawrence made 145 first team appearances.

Post Derby County Lawrence would then join Bristol City in August 1924, where he would play 14 times and then spent the 1925–26 season at Lincoln City, where he would play 7 times, before returning to Ilkeston United in the summer of 1926.

Death Lawrence died on 1 March 1959, aged 69 in Derby.

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Honours Derby County Football League Second Division champions: 1914–15