George Richard Morrall (4 October 1905 – 15 November 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half. Born in

Smethwick Smethwick () is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire. In 2019, the ward of Smethwick had an estimated population of 15,246, while the wider bu ...

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

, Morrall made 266 senior appearances for Birmingham, which included 243 top-flight League matches and the

1931 FA Cup Final The 1931 FA Cup Final was a football match between West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham, played on 25 April 1931 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. The showpiece event was the final match of the 1930–31 staging of English football's pri ...

at Wembley. He was a dominant defender, good both in the air and on the ground, and a fierce tackler. He went on to make more than 100 appearances for Third Division South club Swindon Town. Morrall died in Birmingham aged 50.

Honours

Birmingham * FA Cup runners-up: 1930–31

References

1905 births Footballers from Smethwick 1955 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Birmingham City F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub