The Club are saddened to hear of the death of former player Albert George on Monday 6th July.
A United player through and through, Albert was in the record books for both his great service and goalscoring record. He was well known in Cambridge not only for his football prowess but also his 40 years service at Cambridge University Press.
His funeral will be held at the Cambridge Crematorium on Friday 17th July at 1.30pm. All are welcome.
Our thoughts are very much with his family and friends at this sad time. As a tribute, here is Albert George's profile from the book 'Cambridge United 100 Greats':
'When the Second World War broke out in 1939, there were two outstanding schoolboy footballers in Cambridge. One was Russell Crane and the other Albert George. Their careers were inextricably linked over the years and between them they were to make around 700 first team appearances for the Club.
Born in 1925, Albert George played for Cambridge Schoolboys and joined Abbey United at the age of fifteen. A strong and versatile player, he was to play at left half, inside left or centre forward during his career.
He and Russell Crane played in the Club's wartime side in the emergency leagues that were put together, against teams form local RAF and army stations, Civil Service and works sides and Cambridge Town, who even managed to recruit Dixie Dean to play for them on occasions.
Although the records for this period are incomplete, Albert George is known to have scored 12 goals in these games before being called up, like Russell Crane, to serve in the Royal Navy.
On their return, both rejoined the Club. In 1947 Abbey United joined the United Counties League, and the club's appearance list for this League is topped by Russell Crane with Albert George just five games below him with 136.
Both were capped by the County and in the 1948/49 season they rattled in a total of 63 First Team goals. By this time Albert George was the Penalty King, a position he held until the arrival of manager Bill Whittaker who gave himself the job.
Brave and determined, the goals continued to flow and Albert George went into the record books by scoring both the last goal as Abbey United and the first as Cambridge United. They were also the last goal in the United Counties League and the first in the Eastern Counties League.
Appropriately he was top scorer in 1953/54, his last full season, and his last three goals came in consecutive games in September 1956. Albert George's son Trevor became the third generation connected to the Club and played for the midweek and reserve teams. He joined the police force to become their highly respected liaison officer at Cambridge United.'
Brian Attmore
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