George Cummings (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Cummings (footballer)

Scottish footballer

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1913

Place of Birth: Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Apr-1987

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Scotland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

George Wilfred Cummings (5 June 1913 – 9 April 1987) was a Scottish football player of the 1930s and 1940s.Cummings was the captain of Aston Villa's great post-war defence, having signed for the club before the war, in 1935 from Partick Thistle.
He represented both Scotland and the Scottish League XI.He gained a Second Division championship medal in 1938 and a League War Cup tankard in 1944.
He was Villa's skipper from 1945 to 1949.
He was popular with supporters due to his never-say-die spirit and no-nonsense defending.
He played 237 times for Villa between 1935 and his retirement in 1949. On retirement he worked for the Dunlop Rubber Company and Hardy Spicer Ltd.
in Birmingham.