Reginald Gore (1 August 1913 – 8 December 1996) was an English professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Clay Cross Clay Cross is a town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is a former industrial and mining town, about south of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield. It is directly ...

, Gore played for his local colliery club before being signed as a professional by Chesterfield but never made a first team appearance for the club. He next moved to

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where he again failed to make a first team appearance before transferring to

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, where he made his

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debut. He then fell back into non-league football before impressing whilst at

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club

Frickley Colliery Frickley & South Elmsall Colliery was opened by the Carlton Main Colliery Company Ltd in 1903 in South Elmsall, in Yorkshire, England. Frickley & South Elmsall Colliery The first sod was cut on 23 April 1903 of shafts No.1 and No.2 and the ...

in an exhibition game against

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and was signed by the London club where he again played in the Football League. During the war he made guest appearances for West Ham and St Mirren for who he later signed professionally following the war.

Cricket

Gore also played cricket alongside his professional football career, playing for Clay Cross and Ferguslie.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gore, Reg 1913 births 1997 deaths People from Clay Cross Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Chesterfield F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Southport F.C. players South Liverpool F.C. players Rhyl F.C. players Frickley Athletic F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players St Mirren F.C. players Cowdenbeath F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen