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George Kirby (20 December 1933 - 24 March 2000) was an English footballer and manager. Kirby was...

George Kirby (20 December 1933 - 24 March 2000) was an English footballer and manager. Kirby was born in Liverpool. He was a centre forward who played for Everton, Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Southampton, Walsall, Swansea City, Coventry City , New York Generals and Brentford. His career lasted from 1955 to 1969 during which he made 309 Football League appearances and scored 119 goals. His first post in management was at Halifax Town, initially as coach to Alan Ball Senior and then in 1970 as first team manager. He spent only one full season in charge, giving the club their most successful ever campaign just missing out on promotion to the old second division. He started the 1971-72 season by leading Halifax to a 2-1 Watney Cup victory over a full strength Manchester United side, which included George Best, Denis Law and Bobby Charlton. Just a week later Kirby left Halifax to take charge at Watford where he remained until May 1973. At Watford,injuries, boardroom unrest, and a shortage of luck and money, conspired to produce two terrible winters consisting of one humiliation and very nearly a second. He later moved to Iceland where he managed one of the country's leading