George Turner Livingstone (5 May 1876 – 15 January 1950) was a Scottish

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. He played for several prominent clubs for a few years apiece, including Heart of Midlothian,

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and Rangers in Scotland, and Sunderland,

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, Manchester City and Manchester United in England. Livingstone was

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twice for the Scotland national team; his regular position was at

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Career

Livingstone was born in

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990. Dumbarton was the ca ...

and started his career with local team Sinclair Swifts. He then moved to Artizan Thistle and

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, before moving to Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Football League, being part of the squad that won the competition in his first season, 1896–97, though he only played in four of the matches. He made 59 SFL and

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club, with 29 goals scored. In 1900, he joined Sunderland, but he only played there for a season (making 31 Football League and

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appearances and scoring 12 goals – the club were league runners-up) before moving to

, where in his one season he made 23 SFL and Scottish Cup appearances and scored seven goals as they finished as runners-up in both the league and cup. In 1902, he moved back to England, signing for

(32 appearances, four goals) and then switched to Manchester City in 1903. He made 88 appearances for City, scoring 20 goals as the club won the

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and were runners-up in the League in the same season. He returned to Scotland in 1906, playing for Rangers for two seasons and part of a third without winning a major trophy (53 appearances, 23 goals) before transferring to Manchester United in early 1909. He helped United win the

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title (10 appearances in that campaign, from 46 and 3 goals overall) before retiring in 1914. He later served as manager of hometown club

from early 1919 to late 1920 (also making one final league appearance as a player) and worked under

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at Rangers as the first team trainer. He is the only footballer to date that has played (and scored) for both sides of the

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and for Manchester's two biggest rivals.

Personal life

Livingstone's older brother Archie was also a professional footballer. He served as a

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in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the

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Honours

Manchester City *

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Manchester United * Football League First Division: 1910–11

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Livingstone, George 1876 births 1950 deaths Scotland international footballers Scottish footballers Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Scottish football managers Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff Dumbarton F.C. managers Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Football League representative players Parkhead F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Scottish Football League managers Association football wing halves Association football inside forwards Association football coaches Association football player-managers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers Sportspeople from Dumbarton Footballers from West Dunbartonshire Scottish Junior Football Association players FA Cup Final players

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