Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 August 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland [1] | ||
Date of death | 24 June 1960 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Brighton, Australia [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1909–1911 | Cambuslang Rangers | ||
1911–1912 | Huddersfield Town | 6 | (0) |
1913–1925 | Melbourne Thistle | ||
International career | |||
1924 | Australia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Peter Raitt (14 August 1888 – 24 June 1960) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.
Raitt moved to Victoria in Australia where he played for Melbourne Thistle, winning premierships in 1914 and 1915 [2] and the league-cup double in 1925. [3] He captained the first touring Victorian state team in 1914 and continued to appear in representative teams for the state up to 1925. [4]
Raitt played three internationals for Australia, his one full A-international coming in a loss to Canada in 1924 at the age of 35. [4] [5]
He died in 1960 in Melbourne. [6]
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