George Milburn was one of three brothers, all full-backs, who gave great service to Leeds. A fourth brother, Stan, played for Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale, cousin Jackie Milburn was a legend with Newcastle and England and their nephews were Bobby and Jack Charlton. "George joined Leeds from Ashington Colliery Welfare in 1928, after having played for Newcastle United's third team as an Amateur. He was a centre-half with Ashington when he moved to Leeds but after also playing in a trial as a centre-forward, he was converted to a full-back and soon dropped into the consistent groove that was a hallmark of the Milburns, after making his debut at Portsmouth on 3rd May 1930." (Courtesy of Neil Roche) He partnered his brother Jack regularly, they were both ever-present in 1932-33, and George held his place until the emergence of Bert Sproston. George took his relegation to the Reserves in good grace and in 1936-37 he captained United to their only Central League Championship, until the last year's, of the millennium. He moved to Chesterfield in May 1937 for £1,500 and during World War Two he guested with Leeds and Yeovil Town, together with Ken Gadsby. He appeared three times at Right Back for United in wartime fixtures, in the 1943-44 Football League Northern Section (Second Championship) when he played three consecutive games. His first was on 4th March in a 1-3 defeat away at Sheffield United followed by a 1-0 in the reverse fixture at Elland Road and a 2-2 draw at Derby County. But as his wartime occupation at the local Tube Works prevented a call-up for the forces, he was able to play extremely regularly for the Spireites for the duration of the war and was a regular scorer as he took on the penalty duties. He managed eight in 1939-40 from twenty-two games, four in thirty-seven games in 1940-41, seven in thirty-six games in 1941-42, two in twenty-seven games in 1942-43, five in thirty games in 1943-44, seven in forty-two in 1944-45 and nine in twenty-seven games in 1945-46. A total of forty-two goals in two hundred and twenty-one War-time appearances. He also played twice in the aborted 1939-40 Football League season. At Chesterfield he linked up with his brother Stan and went on to become one of the few players to score a hat-trick of penalties in League football. He did it against Sheffield Wednesday on 7th June 1947, and that hat-trick came in the fifty-sixth, sixty-fourth and seventy-seventh minutes and saw the Spireites come from behind to beat the Owls 4-2. When he had been at Leeds his elder brother Jack was the acknowledged penalty-taker but George easily took on that role with Chesterfield to deadly effect. George rose to be one of the Spireite greats in a period of service that spanned the Second World War. A rugged, no-nonsense player, his somewhat stocky build and prematurely receding hairline gave the impression of his being an intimidating sort, but he had some neat edges to his uncompromising outlook. He retired the same year and became Chesterfield's Assistant Manager, a position he held until he retired in 1961. He made one hundred and seven League appearances, including the two games in the aborted 1939-40 season, and scored sixteen goals for Chesterfield, in Football League games either side of World War Two. He died in Chesterfield on 24th June 1980, his seventieth birthday.

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	Player Record	Apps	Start	(Sub)	Unused Sub	Goals
League		152	152	(0)	0	1
FA Cup		9	9	(0)	0	0
TOTAL		161	161	(0)	0	1

	Season by Season	Apps	Start	(Sub)	Unused Sub	Goals
1929-1930		1	1	(0)	0	0
League 1 1 (0) 0 0
1930-1931		25	25	(0)	0	0
League 22 22 (0) 0 0 FA Cup 3 3 (0) 0 0
1931-1932		12	12	(0)	0	0
League 12 12 (0) 0 0
1932-1933		46	46	(0)	0	0
League 42 42 (0) 0 0 FA Cup 4 4 (0) 0 0
1933-1934		38	38	(0)	0	0
League 37 37 (0) 0 0 FA Cup 1 1 (0) 0 0
1934-1935		17	17	(0)	0	1
League 17 17 (0) 0 1
1935-1936		5	5	(0)	0	0
League 5 5 (0) 0 0
1936-1937		17	17	(0)	0	0
League 16 16 (0) 0 0 FA Cup 1 1 (0) 0 0

	Appearances		Date	Score	Match Events
	Portsmouth Division One	A	03/05/1930	0 : 0 (D)
	Arsenal Division One	A	06/09/1930	1 : 3 (L)
	Manchester City Division One	H	08/09/1930	4 : 2 (W)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	H	13/09/1930	4 : 2 (W)
	Manchester City Division One	A	17/09/1930	0 : 1 (L)
	Blackpool Division One	A	20/09/1930	7 : 3 (W)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	H	27/09/1930	1 : 2 (L)
	Leicester City Division One	A	11/10/1930	0 : 4 (L)
	West Ham United Division One	A	15/11/1930	1 : 1 (D)
	Chelsea Division One	H	22/11/1930	2 : 3 (L)
	Grimsby Town Division One	A	29/11/1930	0 : 2 (L)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	H	06/12/1930	3 : 1 (W)
	Aston Villa Division One	A	13/12/1930	3 : 4 (L)
	Manchester United Division One	H	20/12/1930	5 : 0 (W)
	Birmingham City Division One	A	25/12/1930	1 : 0 (W)
	Birmingham City Division One	H	26/12/1930	3 : 1 (W)
	Portsmouth Division One	A	27/12/1930	1 : 1 (D)
	Manchester United Division One	A	01/01/1931	0 : 0 (D)
	Huddersfield Town FA Cup 3rd Round	H	10/01/1931	2 : 0 (W)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	A	17/01/1931	1 : 3 (L)
	Newcastle United FA Cup 4th Round	H	24/01/1931	4 : 1 (W)
	Blackpool Division One	H	28/01/1931	2 : 2 (D)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	A	31/01/1931	0 : 3 (L)
	Sunderland Division One	A	07/02/1931	0 : 4 (L)
	Exeter City FA Cup 5th Round	A	14/02/1931	1 : 3 (L)
	Derby County Division One	H	02/05/1931	3 : 1 (W)
	Millwall Division Two	H	07/09/1931	0 : 1 (L)
	Notts County Division Two	A	12/09/1931	1 : 1 (D)
	Millwall Division Two	A	14/09/1931	3 : 2 (W)
	Bradford Park Avenue Division Two	H	26/12/1931	3 : 2 (W)
	Swansea City Division Two	H	02/01/1932	3 : 2 (W)
	Barnsley Division Two	A	16/01/1932	2 : 0 (W)
	Notts County Division Two	H	23/01/1932	2 : 2 (D)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	A	30/01/1932	2 : 3 (L)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division Two	A	27/02/1932	1 : 1 (D)
	Charlton Athletic Division Two	H	05/03/1932	2 : 0 (W)
	Stoke City Division Two	A	12/03/1932	4 : 3 (W)
	Manchester United Division Two	H	19/03/1932	1 : 4 (L)
	Derby County Division One	H	27/08/1932	0 : 2 (L)
	Blackpool Division One	A	29/08/1932	1 : 2 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	A	03/09/1932	1 : 1 (D)
	Blackpool Division One	H	05/09/1932	3 : 1 (W)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	H	10/09/1932	1 : 1 (D)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division One	H	17/09/1932	3 : 2 (W)
	West Bromwich Albion Division One	A	24/09/1932	1 : 0 (W)
	Birmingham City Division One	H	01/10/1932	1 : 1 (D)
	Sunderland Division One	A	08/10/1932	0 : 0 (D)
	Manchester City Division One	H	15/10/1932	2 : 1 (W)
	Sheffield United Division One	A	22/10/1932	0 : 0 (D)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	H	29/10/1932	2 : 0 (W)
	Liverpool Division One	A	05/11/1932	1 : 0 (W)
	Leicester City Division One	H	12/11/1932	1 : 1 (D)
	Portsmouth Division One	A	19/11/1932	3 : 3 (D)
	Chelsea Division One	H	26/11/1932	2 : 0 (W)
	Newcastle United Division One	A	03/12/1932	1 : 3 (L)
	Aston Villa Division One	H	10/12/1932	1 : 1 (D)
	Middlesbrough Division One	A	17/12/1932	1 : 0 (W)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	H	24/12/1932	4 : 3 (W)
	Arsenal Division One	A	26/12/1932	2 : 1 (W)
	Arsenal Division One	H	27/12/1932	0 : 0 (D)
	Derby County Division One	A	31/12/1932	1 : 5 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	H	07/01/1933	3 : 1 (W)
	Newcastle United FA Cup 3rd Round	A	14/01/1933	3 : 0 (W)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	A	21/01/1933	2 : 2 (D)
	Tranmere Rovers FA Cup 4th Round	A	28/01/1933	0 : 0 (D)
	Tranmere Rovers FA Cup 4th Round Replay	H	01/02/1933	4 : 0 (W)
	West Bromwich Albion Division One	H	04/02/1933	1 : 1 (D)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division One	A	08/02/1933	0 : 2 (L)
	Birmingham City Division One	A	11/02/1933	1 : 2 (L)
	Everton FA Cup 5th Round	A	18/02/1933	0 : 2 (L)
	Sunderland Division One	H	22/02/1933	2 : 3 (L)
	Sheffield United Division One	H	04/03/1933	1 : 3 (L)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	A	11/03/1933	3 : 3 (D)
	Liverpool Division One	H	18/03/1933	5 : 0 (W)
	Leicester City Division One	A	25/03/1933	1 : 3 (L)
	Portsmouth Division One	H	01/04/1933	0 : 1 (L)
	Manchester City Division One	A	05/04/1933	0 : 0 (D)
	Chelsea Division One	A	08/04/1933	0 : 6 (L)
	Newcastle United Division One	H	15/04/1933	6 : 1 (W)
	Everton Division One	A	17/04/1933	1 : 0 (W)
	Everton Division One	H	18/04/1933	1 : 0 (W)
	Aston Villa Division One	A	22/04/1933	0 : 0 (D)
	Middlesbrough Division One	H	29/04/1933	0 : 1 (L)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	A	06/05/1933	0 : 5 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	A	26/08/1933	2 : 4 (L)
	Middlesbrough Division One	H	28/08/1933	5 : 2 (W)
	Newcastle United Division One	H	02/09/1933	3 : 0 (W)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	A	09/09/1933	0 : 0 (D)
	Derby County Division One	A	16/09/1933	1 : 3 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division One	H	23/09/1933	3 : 0 (W)
	Birmingham City Division One	A	30/09/1933	0 : 4 (L)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division One	H	07/10/1933	2 : 1 (W)
	Manchester City Division One	A	14/10/1933	1 : 0 (W)
	Portsmouth Division One	H	21/10/1933	1 : 0 (W)
	Sunderland Division One	A	28/10/1933	2 : 4 (L)
	Aston Villa Division One	H	04/11/1933	2 : 4 (L)
	Liverpool Division One	A	11/11/1933	3 : 4 (L)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division One	H	18/11/1933	0 : 0 (D)
	Leicester City Division One	A	25/11/1933	2 : 2 (D)
	Stoke City Division One	H	02/12/1933	2 : 0 (W)
	Sheffield United Division One	A	09/12/1933	1 : 2 (L)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	H	16/12/1933	3 : 3 (D)
	Newcastle United Division One	A	06/01/1934	0 : 2 (L)
	Preston North End FA Cup 3rd Round	H	13/01/1934	0 : 1 (L)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	H	20/01/1934	1 : 1 (D)
	Derby County Division One	H	31/01/1934	0 : 2 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division One	A	03/02/1934	3 : 0 (W)
	Birmingham City Division One	H	10/02/1934	1 : 0 (W)
	Manchester City Division One	H	24/02/1934	3 : 1 (W)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division One	A	26/02/1934	2 : 0 (W)
	Portsmouth Division One	A	07/03/1934	1 : 2 (L)
	Sunderland Division One	H	10/03/1934	3 : 1 (W)
	Liverpool Division One	H	24/03/1934	5 : 1 (W)
	Everton Division One	H	30/03/1934	2 : 2 (D)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division One	A	31/03/1934	1 : 5 (L)
	Everton Division One	A	02/04/1934	0 : 2 (L)
	Leicester City Division One	H	07/04/1934	8 : 0 (W)
	Stoke City Division One	A	14/04/1934	2 : 1 (W)
	Sheffield United Division One	H	21/04/1934	1 : 1 (D)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	A	28/04/1934	0 : 2 (L)
	Aston Villa Division One	A	30/04/1934	0 : 3 (L)
	Chelsea Division One	H	05/05/1934	3 : 1 (W)
	Middlesbrough Division One	H	25/08/1934	2 : 4 (L)
	Stoke City Division One	A	27/08/1934	1 : 8 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	A	01/09/1934	1 : 1 (D)
	Stoke City Division One	H	03/09/1934	4 : 2 (W)
	Liverpool Division One	A	02/02/1935	2 : 4 (L)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	A	09/02/1935	1 : 3 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division One	H	20/02/1935	4 : 1 (W)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division One	A	23/02/1935	0 : 1 (L)
	Portsmouth Division One	H	02/03/1935	3 : 1 (W)
	Grimsby Town Division One	H	09/03/1935	3 : 1 (W)
	Chelsea Division One	A	16/03/1935	1 : 7 (L)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	H	23/03/1935	1 : 1 (D)
	Derby County Division One	A	13/04/1935	2 : 1 (W)
	Birmingham City Division One	H	19/04/1935	1 : 1 (D)
	Birmingham City Division One	A	28/04/1935	1 : 3 (L)
	Preston North End Division One	A	30/04/1935	2 : 0 (W)
	Tottenham Hotspur Division One	H	04/05/1935	4 : 3 (W)
	Stoke City Division One	A	31/08/1935	1 : 3 (L)
	Aston Villa Division One	A	14/03/1936	3 : 3 (D)
	Sunderland Division One	H	22/04/1936	3 : 0 (W)
	Preston North End Division One	A	25/04/1936	0 : 5 (L)
	Arsenal Division One	A	02/05/1936	2 : 2 (D)
	Manchester City Division One	A	02/09/1936	0 : 4 (L)
	Stoke City Division One	A	05/09/1936	1 : 2 (L)
	Manchester City Division One	H	09/09/1936	1 : 1 (D)
	Charlton Athletic Division One	H	12/09/1936	2 : 0 (W)
	Portsmouth Division One	A	16/09/1936	0 : 3 (L)
	Grimsby Town Division One	A	19/09/1936	1 : 4 (L)
	Liverpool Division One	H	26/09/1936	2 : 0 (W)
	Everton Division One	H	17/10/1936	3 : 0 (W)
	Middlesbrough Division One	A	28/12/1936	2 : 4 (L)
	Stoke City Division One	H	02/01/1937	2 : 1 (W)
	Charlton Athletic Division One	A	09/01/1937	0 : 1 (L)
	Chelsea FA Cup 3rd Round	A	16/01/1937	0 : 4 (L)
	Brentford Division One	A	06/03/1937	1 : 4 (L)
	Arsenal Division One	H	13/03/1937	3 : 4 (L)
	Preston North End Division One	A	20/03/1937	0 : 1 (L)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division One	H	27/03/1937	1 : 1 (D)
	West Bromwich Albion Division One	A	29/03/1937	0 : 3 (L)