George Dorsett was an English

England

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 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 who played for West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

 and Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

 as a winger and wing-half.

Dorsett played for a number of local clubs before signing for West Bromwich Albion in November 1901. He joined Manchester City in December 1904 for a fee of £450, a record for a winger. He made his Manchester City debut in a home match against Stoke

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 on 7 January 1905, and scored his first goal for the club a week later against Notts County

Notts County F.C.

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. During his time at Manchester City he converted to a wing-half. He made a total of 211 appearances for the club, scoring 65 goals, an average of eight goals per season. Between 1910 and 1912 he played alongside his brother Joe

Joe Dorsett

Joseph Arthur Harold "Joe" Dorsett was an English professional football player. His clubs included Manchester City and West Bromwich Albion. He was the brother of George Dorsett and the uncle of Dicky Dorsett.-References:...

, who also signed from West Bromwich. The pair became the first brothers to play in a Manchester derby

Manchester derby

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.

He retired through injury in 1912, making his final appearance on 10 February against Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

. He died in 1942.