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Player #312

From:

To:

Career Status:

1924-25

1928-29

Retired

Appearances:

8

Starts:

8

Goals:

0

Assists:

-

Involvements:

0

George Jakeman

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Defender

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PREVIOUS PLAYER

SUBSEQUENT PLAYER

George Jakeman

Seasons Quick-View

1925-29 🕒 8 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #312 |

Season :

1924-25
1925-26
1926-27
1927-28
1928-29

Age :

25
26
27
28
29

Division :

D1
D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

#
#
#
#
#

Appearances :

3
1
1
0
3

Starts :

3
1
1
0
3

Substitute :

0
0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0
0

Goals :

0
0
0
0
0

Assists :

-
-
-
-
-

Involvements :

0
0
0
0
0

Games / Goal :

Bookings :

-
-
-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-
-
-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

George John William Jakeman

Birth Date

19 April 1899

Birth Place

Small Heath, Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England

Villa Youth

Aston Villa Youth

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

Yardley Road School
Wolseley Motor Works FC
Small Heath Boys’ Club
Wellington Town Juniors
Metropolitan Carriage Works FC

Original Transfer

Aged

23

From

Metropolitan Carriage Works FC

For

Free

On

May 1922

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

30

Notts County

Free

August 1929

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

Notts County
Retired

Died

1970, Aged 71

George Jakeman

Villa Career

1925-29 🕒 8 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 - | #312 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

28 February 1925

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

28 February 1925

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1924-25

28 February 1925

West Bromwich Albion (a), Division One

25

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1928-29

5 January 1929

Liverpool (a), Division One

29

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Final Squad

5 January 1929

Manager

Billy Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

Not selected

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

Not selected

Caps with Villa

George Jakeman

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Player #313 for Aston Villa, George John William Jakeman, played as a defender for the club.

George played for Villa between 1924-25 and 1928-29 making 8 appearances.

George was born in Small Heath, just 4 miles from Villa Park, on 19 April 1899 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on 28 February 1925 aged 25.

Villa had signed George from Metropolitan Carriage Works FC in 1916 as a youth player and he went on to sign professional forms with the club in May 1922.

George was used as a back up to the first team squad and made all his 8 appearances in the league.

In the first and final campaigns of his 5 season Villa career George made his most appearances - 3 in each season.

George played his final game for Villa on 5 January 1929 at the age of 29 before moving on to Notts County in August 1929.

George had played under both the George Ramsay and Billy Smith led Management Committees.

George passed away in Hall Green, Birmingham in 1970 aged 71.

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