Gordon Hoare

Gordon Rahere Hoare (18 April 1884 – 27 October 1973) In club football, he played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal, Glossop and Fulham.

Club career Born in Blackheath, Hoare started out with junior sides such as West Norwood, Woolwich Polytechnic, and Bromley before joining Woolwich Arsenal in 1907. He made his League debut in a First Division match against Sheffield Wednesday on 20 April 1908, the last day of the 1907–08 season. Although he played 11 League matches in 1908–09, scoring five goals, he was unhappy at the lack of regular first-team football and moved to Glossop in December 1909. From 1909 through to 1911 he also turned out occasionally for Kent League side Northfleet United. He scored seven times in 16 games for Arsenal in the 1910–11 season, He also scored a further 5 goals for the amateur team in unofficial matches, a brace against in a 5–1 win over Wales in 1911, a brace in a 2–3 loss to Ireland in 1912 and the winner (2–1) against a Bruges XI on 6 April 1912, bringing his tally to 16 goals.

International goals England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hoare goal. + List of international goals scored by Gordon Hoare 2 3 23 March 1911 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Stade de Paris, France 3–0 4 5 25 May 1911 Spitalacker-Platz, Bern, Switzerland 4–1 6 21 October 1911 Park Royal Stadium, London, England 3–0 7 8 4 July 1912 Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm, Sweden 4–2 1912 Summer Olympics Final 9 10 27 February 1912 Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, Colombes, France 4–2 Friendly 11

Personal life Hoare served as a lieutenant in the Army Service Corps during the First World War.