George Farmer (footballer, Born 1862)
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George Farmer (born 1862) was an English
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 lea ...
who played for
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.


Career

Farmer was born in
Stoke-upon-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, also known as Stoke, is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton, Longton, Staffordshire, Longton and Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall form the city of Stoke-o ...
and played football with Tunstall before joining
Stoke Stoke may refer to: Places Canada * Stoke, Quebec New Zealand * Stoke, New Zealand United Kingdom Berkshire * Stoke Row Bristol * Stoke Bishop * Stoke Gifford * Bradley Stoke * Little Stoke * Harry Stoke * Stoke Lodge Bucking ...
in 1886. He played once in
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in the 1886–87 season which came in a 6–4 defeat to
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. He left Stoke at the end of the season and later joined Burslem Swifts.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, George English men's footballers Stoke City F.C. players 1862 births Year of death missing Men's association football wing halves Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent