George Ker (26 February 1860 – 26 February 1922) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played for
Queen's Park and the
Scotland national team.
Football career
Ker played for ''Queen's Park Juniors'', ''Kerland FC'', and
Alexandra Athletic before joining
Queen's Park in 1877. Until 1878, Ker had played as a
defender but converted to a
striker in 1878. He won the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Dumbarton
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.
After the 1881–82 season he began struggling with injuries and retired early in summer of 1884.
He was
capped
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five times by the
Scotland national team, scoring ten goals including a
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wick ...
against
England
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in March 1880.
His older brother
William
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was also a Scotland international, winning two caps, including the
first international
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against England on 30 November 1872.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''
Emigration and Death
After emigrating to the United States in July 1884, Ker died in
Yakima, Washington
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on his 62nd birthday on February 26, 1922.
He is buried in Tahoma Cemetery in Yakima Count
See also
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List of Scotland national football team hat-tricks
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References
External links
Profileat
IFFHS
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London Hearts profile
Scottish men's footballers
Scotland men's international footballers
Queen's Park F.C. players
Footballers from Glasgow
Place of death missing
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Men's association football forwards
1860 births
1922 deaths
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