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{{Short description|English footballer}}<br />
{{Infobox football biography<br />
| name = George Handley<br />
| fullname = George H. Handley<ref name="ENFA" /><br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|07|05|df=y}}<ref name="ENFA" /><br />
| birth_place = [[Wednesbury]], England<ref name="ENFA" /><br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|07|09|1912|07|05|df=y}}<ref name="CWGC" /><br />
| death_place = [[Sicily]], Fascist Italy<br />
| height = 5 ft 8 in<ref name="No 52" /><br />
| position = [[Inside forward]]<br />
| years1 = 1931–1932<br />
| clubs1 = [[Hednesford Town F.C.|Hednesford Town]]<br />
| caps1 = 1<br />
| goals1 = 0<br />
| years2 = 1933–1934<br />
| clubs2 = [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]]<br />
| caps2 = 0<br />
| goals2 = 0<br />
| years3 = 1934–1935<br />
| clubs3 = [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]<br />
| caps3 = 5<br />
| goals3 = 0<br />
| years4 = 1935<br />
| clubs4 = [[Brierley Hill Alliance F.C.|Brierley Hill Alliance]]<br />
| caps4 = <br />
| goals4 = <br />
| years5 = 1936–1939<br />
| clubs5 = [[Darlaston Town F.C.|Darlaston]]<br />
| caps5 = <br />
| goals5 = <br />
| nationalyears1 = 1933–1934<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[English national amateur football team|English Amateurs]]<br />
| nationalcaps1 = 1<br />
| nationalgoals1 = 0<br />
}}<br />
'''George H. Handley''' (5 July 1912 – 9 July 1943) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as an [[inside forward]] in the [[English Football League|Football League]] for [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]].<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA|name=George Handley}}</ref><br />
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==Football career==<br />
Handley began his football career in September 1931 with [[Hednesford Town F.C.|Hednesford Town]].<ref name="ENFA" /><ref name="No 52">{{Cite web |title=No 52 George H. Handley |url=http://www.hednesfordtown.com/heroes/52%20George%20Handley.pdf |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=Hednesford Town}}</ref> He soon came to the attention of [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], for which he signed in June 1932.<ref name="No 52" /> Despite playing many matches in the reserves and being capped at the [[English national amateur football team|amateur level]] for England, Handley never appeared for the first team at West Brom.<ref name="No 52" /><ref name="70 years">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Scott |date=9 July 2013 |title=70 years on and still remembering |url=http://www.hednesfordtownfc.com/2013/07/70-years-on-and-still-remembering |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=Hednesford Town}}</ref> Transferred to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in 1934, he played 5 matches in the [[Football League Third Division South]] before being signed by [[Brierley Hill Alliance F.C.|Brierley Hill Alliance]] the next season.<ref name="No 52" /> Handley's next and final club was [[Darlaston Town F.C.|Darlaston]], where he played until the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939.<ref name="No 52" /><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Handley was married.<ref name="CWGC">{{CWGC|id=2070399|name=George Handley|access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> He served as a [[lance corporal]] in the 2nd (Airborne) Battalion of the [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] during the Second World War and was [[Killed in action|killed]] during the [[Allied invasion of Sicily|invasion of Sicily]] on 9 July 1943.<ref name="CWGC" /><ref name="70 years" /> Handley's body was never recovered, and he is commemorated on the [[Cassino Memorial]].<ref name="CWGC" /><br />
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==Career statistics==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<br />
! rowspan="2" |Club<br />
! rowspan="2" |Season<br />
! rowspan="2" |Division<br />
! colspan="2" |League<br />
! colspan="2" |Cup<br />
! colspan="2" |Total<br />
|-<br />
!Apps<br />
!Goals<br />
!Apps<br />
!Goals<br />
!Apps<br />
!Goals<br />
|-<br />
|[[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]<br />
|[[1934–35 Football League Third Division South|1934–35]]<br />
|[[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]]<ref name="ENFA" /><br />
|5<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|5<br />
|0<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="3" |Career total<br />
!5<br />
!0<br />
!0<br />
!0<br />
!5<br />
!0<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1912 births]]<br />
[[Category:1943 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Wednesbury]]<br />
[[Category:Footballers from Staffordshire]]<br />
[[Category:Association football inside forwards]]<br />
[[Category:English footballers]]<br />
[[Category:English Football League players]]<br />
[[Category:Hednesford Town F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Brierley Hill Alliance F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:Darlaston F.C. players]]<br />
[[Category:South Staffordshire Regiment soldiers]]<br />
[[Category:British Army personnel killed in World War II]]<br />
[[Category:Military personnel from Staffordshire]]<br />
[[Category:Allied invasion of Sicily]]<br />
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