Dorling: George John (George)

WW2 Guest: 1943-1944 (Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)

Wing Half

Born: Edmonton, London: 27-07-1918

Debut: v Halifax Town (h): 11-12-1943

Height & Weight: Unknown

Dorling started with Junior clubs Tottenham Juniors and Wood Green before going to Northfleet. He was looking to sign for Tottenham Hotspur when the Second World War intervened. During the War he guested for Leeds United in the 1943-44 Football League Northern Section (First Championship) and he made his debut at Left Half in a 4-0 home win over Halifax Town and crowned his performance with a goal. He returned to Leeds a few weeks later and played three consecutive games at Right Half in the Second Championship with a 3-1 home win over Bradford Park Avenue, a 2-0 home win over Barnsley but the following week in the reverse fixture at Oakwell they went down 2-3. He also played eleven games for Tottenham Hotspurs in the first season of the war, in 1939-40, and later guested for one game with Aldershot in 1943-44. He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in March 1946 but he never played a senior game at White Hart Lane and left for Southern League Gillingham in May 1947. Gillingham won the Southern League in 1948-49 and when the Football League was extended from eighty-eight to ninety-two clubs Gillingham were elected to the Third Division South. Dorling played ten League games in the Third Division South before going into Non-League football with Snowdown Colliery Welfare, where he finished his football career. He died in 1987.