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p - [ ; 090ilk87unnn App : 79 League , 5 FA Cup . Total : 84 Goals : 13 League , 1 FA Cup . Total : 14 Born : West Stanley , 29 October 1953. Died November 1979 5ft 5in 9st 121b ( 1950 ) Debut v Carlisle United ( h ) 11 September 1948 , Div 3 ( N ) W 6-0 IVEY , George H Winger ( 1948-1951 ) Career : West Stanley , York City ( June 1948 ) South Shields ( June 1951 ) . Notes : Tom Thumb winger George Ivey grew in stature on his City debut , scoring twice in a sensational 6-0 win over Carlisle . George stood just 5ft 5in and was recruited from West Stanley , a club from whom City picked up several players in the years after the War . One newspaper report described him as " a box of tricks and has a rare football instinct for bobbing up in the least expected place to get opportunist goals " . George's ability to play on either wing made him a valuable - and popular asset . He later gave excellent service to South Shields , playing against City in the second round of the FA Cup in 1956 . NFC MAARÍAV TARDE GEORGE IVEY . Career : Chester Le Street for 12/13 years of age , 1937 medal with family Stanley in 1946 when he was married Annfield Plain prior to that From Stanley to York City , c1949 Horden , 1952/4 ? South Shields , 1956 ? Peterlee Town . Easington Colliery Welfare 1960 Handon Hold , 1962 , broke his leg there . Details Mrs Ivey . GEORGE IVEY , never stopped playing football , after recovery from a broken leg in 1962 , appeared regularly with numerous local Sunday League teams , including amongst others , Horden Rovers , Horden Cpomrades , Hartlepnol Boilermakers Club . He played until he was 55 years old , died a year later . Winner of the orden Colliery Welfare Sportsman of the Year'award at age of 53 in 1976 - 1977 . Info from son George LITTLE GEORDIE IVEY Who left the Mariners in 1959 , to sign for Horden . He later played for Spennymoor and Easington and continued his career until he was over forty . Born in West Stanley in 1923 , he played first for his home town team until signing for York City in 1948. Scoring twice on his Football League debut against Carlisle United , he was a regular in York's League side , making 84 appearances and scoring 14 goals , before he joined the Mariners in 1951 . ? . |
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