George Simpson Drynan Pattullo (4 November 1888 – 5 September 1953)[4] was a Scottish football player and manager active primarily in Spain. He has been described as FC Barcelona's "most import and influential British of all time."[3] In addition to being an outstanding football player, a sport to which he owes his career, he was also an outstanding athlete who also performed in other modalities such as hockey, rugby, and tennis.[5]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Simpson Drynan Pattullo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 September 1953 (aged 64)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Putney, England[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper, Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1911 | Barcelona | 23 | (41) |
| 1912 | Barcelona | 1 | (2) |
| Total | 24 | (43) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1930 | Club Baleares | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
editBorn in Glasgow, Pattulo moved to Barcelona in Spain whilst working as a coal trader, playing rugby, field hockey, tennis and eventually football there.[1] In 1910, having just arrived in Barcelona, he was discovered by Joan Gamper in a friendly match between the British colony of Barcelona and the Universitari, in which Pattullo started as a goalkeeper before coming out to score five goals.[4][5] Gamper convinced him to join FC Barcelona, where he became a forward.[1]
He made his football debut for FC Barcelona on 24 September 1910, and scored 41 goals in just 23 matches during the 1910–11 season,[6] playing for the club between September 1910 and May 1911, when he had to return to his homeland Scotland on business.[7] However, in March 1912, he returned to Barcelona from Scotland in order to play the quarter-finals of the 1912 Pyrenees Cup on 10 March against city rivals Espanyol, netting two goals to help Barça to a 3–2 win in what was his last match for the club, which went on to win the tournament after beating Stade Bordelais 5–3 in the final.[1][8] FC Barcelona paid for his hotel, but due to his loyalty to his amateur status, he returned the whole amount to the club.[5] Pattullo remained as an amateur player, and refused to sign for Espanyol.[9] A few days later he returned to Scotland for good only to return in April 1928 to take the honorary kick-off in a La Liga match between Barcelona and Real Oviedo at the Camp de Les Corts.[5]
He left Barcelona before World War I, returning to Great Britain to join the Tyneside Scottish Brigade; he was awarded the Military Cross.[4][3] He also managed Club Baleares briefly in 1930.[3] He returned to Spain in 1928 thinking the climate would help him with his recovery from being gassed during the War.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Patullo, G". scotlandswar.co.uk.
- ^ Friends of Cathcart presents Footballers of Cathcart: one of Glasgow's Footballing Graveyards, Football Makes Glasgow via YouTube, 11 January 2022
- ^ a b c d "Arise George Pattullo, the Scot who was more deadly than Lionel Messi". The Scotsman. 27 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "George Simpson Drynan Pattullo stats". players.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "George Patullo". fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Iain McMullen (11 November 2011). "BARÇA'S SCOTTISH HERO – The forgotten story of George Pattullo". El Centrocampista. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Hace 100 años (mayo 1911)" [100 years ago (May 1911)] (in Spanish). Cihefe. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "1912 Pyrenees Cup". RSSSF. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "George Pattullo, Barcelona's most prolific goalscorer". When Saturday Comes. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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