George Payne

George Clark Payne (17 February 1887 – 1932) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside left. He is mostly noted for his two years in the Southern League with Crystal Palace. Payne also played for Football League clubs Sunderland and Woolwich Arsenal and in the Southern League for Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton.

Career Payne joined Southern League First Division club Tottenham Hotspur in 1906 and stayed with the club until its election to the Football League in 1908. he transferred to First Division club Sunderland in 1911. After just two appearances, Payne returned to the Southern League with Leyton in January 1912. He made a return to the First Division during the 1912 off-season with Woolwich Arsenal. He left the club at the end of the 1912–13 season. Payne served as a private in the Bedfordshire Regiment during the First World War and his football career was ended by a gunshot wound to the left thigh suffered in September 1918.

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