George Henry Tadman (5 November 1914 – 28 September 1994) was an English professional
footballer
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. His clubs included
Bristol Rovers,
Charlton Athletic,
Gillingham and
Cheltenham Town
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before in 1948 becoming Street F.C. player manager.
He made over 130
Football League
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appearances.
Gillingham
Tadman rejoined Gillingham in the summer of 1935. Tadman finished the 1935–36 season as top goalscorer for
Gillingham with 18 goals.
Charlton Athletic
Tadman moved on to
Charlton Athletic in the summer of 1936, and with it moved up from the Third Division South to the First Division. Tadman finished the 1936–37 season with 11 goals from 29 appearances. In the summer of 1937 Charlton Athletic toured Canada and the United States. Tadman scored 12 goals on the tour, including 7 against Saskatchewan All-Stars on 17 June 1937.
The 1937/38 season ended with Tadman scoring 15 goals in 32 games. The following season Tadman scored 24 goals in 32 games, including 4 in a 7-1 demolition of
Manchester United
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on 13 February 1939. Tadman also missed a penalty in this game.
Tadman started the 1939–40 season well scoring 2 goals in 3 games, before the league was abandoned due to the start of the
Second World War.
War years
Tadman guested during the war years for
Aberaman Athletic, where he scored 4 goals in 1944–45, and
Bath City, where he scored 6 in the same season, as well as
Swansea Town,
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
and
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
, where he made 1 appearance in 1945–46.
Tadman's profile
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References
1914 births
1994 deaths
English men's footballers
English expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Gillingham F.C. players
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Cheltenham Town F.C. players
FC Sète 34 players
Ligue 1 players
Aberdare Town F.C. players
Men's association football wingers
People from Rainham, Kent
Footballers from Kent
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