George Dewsnip

George Dewsnip
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-05-06) 6 May 1956
Place of birth Salford, England
Playing position Left winger
Youth career
Thurrock
Gidea Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Southport 87 (11)
1977–1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 (3)
1978–1979 Los Angeles Aztecs 13 (3)
1979 Atlanta Chiefs 17 (0)
1980 Columbus Magic
1980–1982 Cleveland Force (indoor) 54 (18)
1982 New Jersey Rockets (indoor) 12 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


George Dewsnip is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League, North American Soccer League, American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

In June 1977, Southport FC sold Dewsnip's contract to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League for £11,000.[1] In June 1978, the Strikers sent Dewsnip, Andy Roland and the number one selection in the 1980 NASL Draft to the Los Angeles Aztecs in exchange for George Best.[2] He spent a season and a half in Los Angeles before being sent to the Atlanta Chiefs. He finished the 1979 season in Atlanta, then played for the Columbus Magic of the American Soccer League in 1980. That fall, he signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

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