George Pattullo (footballer)

George Simpson Drynan Pattullo (4 November 1888 – 5 September 1953)[4] was a Scottish football player and manager active primarily in Spain.

George Pattullo
Personal information
Full name George Simpson Drynan Pattullo[1]
Date of birth (1888-11-04)4 November 1888
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 5 September 1953(1953-09-05) (aged 64)[2]
Place of death Putney, England[3]
Position(s) goalkeeper, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1911 Barcelona
1912 Barcelona
Teams managed
1930 Club Baleares
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Glasgow, Pattulo moved to Barcelona in Spain whilst working as a coal trader, playing rugby, hockey, tennis and eventually football there.[1] He made his football debut for Barcelona in September 1910, and scored 41 goals in 20 matches during the 1910–11 season.[5] He played for Barcelona between September 1910 and May 1911, and again for one match in March 1912.[1] He scored a total of 43 goals in 23 games for the club.[1] He has been described as the club's "most influential British import of all-time."[3] He originally played as a goalkeeper, but later converted to a forward.[1] Pattullo remained as an amateur player, and refused to sign for city rivals Espanyol.[6]

He left Barcelona before World War I, returning to Great Britain to join the Tyneside Scottish Brigade; he was awarded the Military Cross.[3] He also managed Club Baleares briefly in 1930.[3] He had returned to Spain in 1928 after being the climate would help with his recovery from being gassed during World War I.[1]

References
  1. "Patullo, G". scotlandswar.co.uk.
  2. Friends of Cathcart presents Footballers of Cathcart: one of Glasgow's Footballing Graveyards, Football Makes Glasgow via YouTube, 11 January 2022
  3. "Arise George Pattullo, the Scot who was more deadly than Lionel Messi". The Scotsman. 27 May 2011.
  4. One hundred years since George Patullo's feat, MANEL TOMÀS, fcbarcelona.com
  5. Iain McMullen (11 November 2011). "BARÇA'S SCOTTISH HERO – The forgotten story of George Pattullo". El Centrocampista.
  6. "George Pattullo, Barcelona's most prolific goalscorer". When Saturday Comes. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.


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