George Bristow (footballer)

George Bristow
Personal information
Full name George Andrew Bristow[1]
Date of birth (1933-06-25)25 June 1933
Place of birth Chiswick, England
Date of death 4 January 2010(2010-01-04) (aged 76)
Place of death Wiltshire, England[1]
Playing position Right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1961 Brentford 245 (8)
→ Blandford United (guest)
1961–1962 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
Yiewsley

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


George Bristow (25 June 1933 – 4 January 2010) was an English football right half who played in the Football League for Brentford, making over 260 appearances for the club. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.[2]

Career

Brentford

A right half, Bristow joined Brentford at a young age and came through the youth ranks, making his debut at the age of 17 in a 4–0 Division Two defeat to Manchester City on 14 October 1950.[3] During his National Service, Bristow turned down a move to follow former teammate Peter Broadbent to Division One side Wolverhampton Wanderers.[4] After completing his National Service,[5] it wasn't until the 1953–54 season that Bristow was able to hold down a regular first team place, making 27 appearances in a campaign which saw the Bees relegated to the Division Three South.[6] In February 1956, Bristow was awarded a testimonial versus an International Managers XI, the club's youngest player to be granted the honour.[7] Bristow's best years at Brentford came in the 1957–58 and 1958–59 seasons, making over 40 appearances in each.[6] Injuries took their toll on Bristow and he departed the club at the end of the 1960–61 season, after making 264 appearances for the club and scoring eight goals.[5] He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.[2]

Blandford United (loan)

While undertaking his National Service, Bristow turned out for Dorset League side Blandford United.

Queens Park Rangers

Bristow and Brentford teammates Jim Towers and George Francis joined Brentford's West London rivals Queens Park Rangers in the summer of 1961.[5] He suffered an achilles injury during a pre-season match, which ended his professional career.[5] Bristow failed to appear for the first team and left the club at the end of the 1961–62 Division Three season.[5]

Yiewsley

After his release from Queens Park Rangers, Bristow dropped into non-league football and joined Southern League Division One side Yiewsley in 1962.[5]

Personal life

Bristow undertook his National Service as a PT instructor at Blandford Camp and represented his battalion's football team.[4] After his retirement from football, Bristow worked as a driving instructor, at Heathrow Airport and as of April 1995, he had worked as a self-employed bricklayer for the previous 25 years.[4] He was married to Maureen and had two daughters.[4]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 "George Bristow". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Chris Wickham. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. 1950-10-14. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus York City 01/04/95. Quay Design of Poole. 1995. p. 29.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. p. 26. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  6. 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  7. ↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 22. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
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