George Turner Livingston (5 May 1876 – 15 January 1950) was a Scottish

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. He played for several prominent clubs for a few years apiece, including Heart of Midlothian,

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and

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in Scotland, and

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Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...

and

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in England. Livingstone was capped twice for the Scotland national team; his regular position was at

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Career

Livingstone was born in

Dumbarton Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ...

and started his career with local team Sinclair Swifts. He then moved to Artizan Thistle and

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, before moving to Heart of Midlothian in the

Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ...

, being part of the squad that won the competition in his first season, 1896–97, though he only played in four of the matches. He made 59 SFL and

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club, with 29 goals scored. In 1900, he joined

, but he only played there for a season (making 31

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and

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appearances and scoring 12 goals – the club were league runners-up) before moving to

, where in his one season he made 23 SFL and Scottish Cup appearances and scored seven goals as they finished as runners-up in both the league and cup. In 1902, he moved back to England, signing for

(32 appearances, four goals) and then switched to

in 1903. He made 88 appearances for City, scoring 20 goals as the club won the 1904 FA Cup Final and were runners-up in the League in the same season. He returned to Scotland in 1906, playing for

for two seasons and part of a third without winning a major trophy (53 appearances, 23 goals) before transferring to

in early 1909. He helped United win the

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title (10 appearances in that campaign, from 46 and 3 goals overall) before retiring in 1914. He later served as manager of hometown club

from early 1919 to late 1920 (also making one final league appearance as a player) and worked under

Bill Struth William Struth (16 June 1875 – 21 September 1956) was a Scottish football manager. He was the second manager of Rangers Football Club, leading the club for 34 years between 1920 and 1954, as well as being the holder of a number of other posit ...

as the first team trainer. He is the only footballer to date that has played (and scored) for both sides of the

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and for Manchester's two biggest rivals.

Personal life

Livingstone's older brother Archie was also a professional footballer. He served as a

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in the

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during the

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Honours

Manchester City *

: 1903–04 Manchester United *

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: 1910–11

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Livingstone, George 1876 births 1950 deaths Scotland men's international footballers Scottish men's footballers Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Celtic F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Manchester City F.C. players Rangers F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Scottish football managers Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff Dumbarton F.C. managers Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Bradford City A.F.C. non-playing staff Scottish Football League representative players Parkhead F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Scottish Football League managers Men's association football wing halves Men's association football inside forwards Scottish football coaches Men's association football player-managers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers Footballers from Dumbarton Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players English Football League players

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