George Telfer (born 6 July 1955) is an English retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

during the 1970s and 1980s, most notably with Everton. After making his senior debut for Everton on 22 December 1973 he went on to play for them on 116 occasions (scoring 22 times). However, he only made 3 appearances for them in his last two seasons, and then played for

San Diego Sockers San Diego Sockers may refer to: *San Diego Sockers (1978–1996), a soccer team in the North American Soccer League *San Diego Sockers (2001–2004), a soccer team in the World Indoor Soccer League and second Major Indoor Soccer League *San Diego S ...

in the

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. He returned to play in England in 1981, firstly with

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

, followed by a very short spell with

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

, after which he moved into

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with

Runcorn Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton in Cheshire, England. Its population in 2011 was 61,789. The town is in the southeast of the Liverpool City Region, with Liverpool to the northwest across the River Mersey. ...

Neil Brown stats - Preston
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Formby Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, which had a population of 22,419 at the 2011 Census. Historically in Lancashire, three manors are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under "For ...

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* English Football League players Men's association football forwards North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Everton F.C. players San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Runcorn F.C. Halton players Formby F.C. players Living people 1955 births English footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States English expatriate footballers Footballers from Liverpool {{England-footy-forward-1950s-stub