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| name = George Francis | image = | caption = | fullname = George Edward Francis[1] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|2|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Acton, England |death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|10|22|1934|2|4|df=y}} |death_place = Slough, England | position = Centre forward | currentclub = |youthyears1=1949–1955 |youthclubs1=Brentford | years1 = 1955–1961 | clubs1 = Brentford | caps1 = 228 | goals1 = 110 | years2 = 1961 | clubs2 = Queens Park Rangers | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1961–1962 | clubs3 = Brentford | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 14 | years4 = 1962–1964 | clubs4 = Gillingham | caps4 = 51 | goals4 = 19 | years5 = 1964–1965 | clubs5 = Hastings United | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = | clubs6 = Hillingdon Borough | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = | clubs7 = Stevenage Town | caps7 = | goals7 = |totalcaps = 398 |totalgoals = 144 }}George Edward Francis (4 February 1934 – 22 October 2014) was an English former professional football centre forward, best remembered for his two spells in the Football League with Brentford.[1] He is a member of the Brentford Hall of Fame and is synonymous with Jim Towers, their close friendship and strike partnership seeing the pair dubbed 'The Terrible Twins'.[2] CareerEarly yearsA centre forward, Francis began his career as a schoolboy with a team fielded by the Odeon cinema in his hometown of Acton.[3] He regularly played against Jim Towers of the local Gaumont cinema team and the pair would later link up as professionals at Brentford.[3] Francis later represented the Acton, Brentford & Chiswick schools' team.[3] BrentfordFrancis signed for the junior team at Second Division club Brentford in 1949, after rejecting an offer from Blackburn Rovers.[4] He progressed to the youth team and signed his first professional contract in January 1953,[5] but had to wait until 1955 to make his first team debut, which came in a Third Division South match versus Walsall on 19 February.[6] Francis had a dream start, scoring a late equaliser in a 2–2 draw.[6] He made two further appearances in what remained of the 1954–55 season, scoring another goal.[6] Francis made a minor breakthrough into the first team during the 1955–56 season, making 18 appearances, scoring eight goals and beginning a strike partnership with friend Jim Towers.[3][6] He made his full breakthrough in the 1956–57 season, making 44 appearances and scoring 24 goals.[6] Francis' best season came in 1959–60, scoring 31 goals in 48 games, featuring as an ever-present.[6] A memorable moment in his season was scoring a hattrick in a 4–2 victory at Loftus Road, home of West London rivals Queens Park Rangers.[3] At the end of a lean 1960–61 season (in which Francis scored only 10 goals in 35 appearances),[6] the abolition of the maximum wage rule saw Francis and Towers depart the Bees.[3] Francis scored 121 goals in 243 appearances over the course of six years in the first team at Griffin Park.[3] Queens Park RangersFrancis and Towers joined Third Division club Queens Park Rangers in an £8,000 deal in the summer of 1961.[3] Francis failed to last long at Loftus Road,[3] making just three appearances, though scoring three goals,[7] before departing in October 1961.{{Sfn|White|1989|p=243}} Return to BrentfordFrancis returned to Brentford in October 1961 and immediately won his place back in the team, though his 14 league goals couldn't prevent the Bees from suffering relegation to Fourth Division.[3] He departed the club at the end of the season, having made 37 appearances and scored 15 goals during his brief return.[6] Across his two spells with Brentford, Francis made 280 appearances and scored 136 goals.[3] He was inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in March 2014.[2] GillinghamFrancis signed for Fourth Division club Gillingham in August 1962 for a £4,000 fee.[3] He scored 12 goals in 35 league games during the 1962–63 season, but the Gills missed out on promotion with a fifth-place finish.[8] Five months into the season, Francis was joined by his old friend Jim Towers at the club.[3] Though he made only 16 appearances, Francis scored seven goals during the 1963–64 season and scored the winner versus Newport County on the final day,[9] which saw Gillingham clinch the Fourth Division championship.[3] He departed the club at the end of the campaign,[3] having scored 21 goals in 58 games for the Gills.[10] Non-league footballAfter his departure from Gillingham, Francis dropped into non-league football and closed out his career with spells at Southern League clubs Hastings United, Hillingdon Borough and Stevenage Town.[3]{{Sfn|White|1989|p=246}} Personal lifeFrancis undertook his National Service together with Jim Towers in the Royal Irish Fusiliers in Germany.[3][5] After retiring from football, he became a black cab driver and held a season ticket at Stamford Bridge.[5] Francis died on 22 October 2014 at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough,[5] after a long battle with bowel cancer.[11] He was 80 years old.[11] HonoursAs a playerGillingham
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References1. ^{{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|page=124}} {{Brentford F.C. Hall of Fame |state=autocollapse}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Francis, George}}2. ^1 2 {{Cite web |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2014/march/george-francis-added-to-hall-of-fame/ |title=GEORGE FRANCIS ADDED TO HALL OF FAME |last=Wickham |first=Chris |website=brentfordfc.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2015}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 {{Cite book |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last=Haynes |first=Graham |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=186–188}} 4. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |year=1998 |title=Brentford Matchday Magazine versus Watford 24/01/98 |url= |location= |publisher=Quay Design of Poole |page=25|isbn= |accessdate= }} 5. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2014/november/a-genuine-brentford-legend-george-francis/ |title=A genuine Brentford legend: George Francis |last=Chapman |first=Mark |website=brentfordfc.co.uk |access-date=14 June 2015}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=383–386}} 7. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.qprnet.com/uploads/1/2/0/8/120823999/qpr1961.xls |title=QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1961–62 |accessdate=21 February 2019}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://fchd.info/GILLINGH.HTM|title=Football Club History Database – Gillingham|website=fchd.info|access-date=24 August 2016}} 9. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://gillinghamfcresults.atspace.cc/DisplayPlayer.php?Player=Francis,George|title=Gillingham FC Career Details|publisher=Gillingham FC Scrapbook|access-date=26 May 2017}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/news/article/otd-feb-4-624165.aspx?pageView=full#anchored|title=ON THIS DAY...|last=Day|first=Richard|website=www.gillinghamfootballclub.com|access-date=24 August 2016}} 11. ^1 {{Cite web |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2014/october/brentford-legend-george-francis-dies-aged-80/ |title=Brentford legend George Francis dies aged 80 |accessdate=21 February 2019}} 13 : 1934 births|English footballers|Gillingham F.C. players|Brentford F.C. players|Queens Park Rangers F.C. players|Hastings United F.C. (1948) players|Hillingdon Borough F.C. players|Southern Football League players|Royal Irish Fusiliers soldiers|2014 deaths|Deaths from colorectal cancer|Stevenage Town F.C. players|Association footballers not categorized by position |
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