George Eastham

**George Edward Eastham**, OBE (23 September 1936 – 20 December 2024) was an English footballer. He was known for playing for Newcastle United, Arsenal and Stoke City, as well as a non-playing member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad.

## Death

Eastham died on 20 December 2024 at the age of 88.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Newcastle United|1956–57|First Division|18|2|0|0|—|—|18|2|||
|1957–58|First Division|29|3|2|2|—|—|31|5|||||
|1958–59|First Division|35|6|1|1|—|—|36|7|||||
|1959–60|First Division|42|18|2|2|—|—|44|20|||||
|rowspan="7"|Arsenal|1960–61|First Division|19|5|1|0|0|0|—|20|5||
|1961–62|First Division|38|6|2|0|0|0|—|40|6||||
|1962–63|First Division|33|4|3|0|0|0|—|36|4||||
|1963–64|First Division|38|10|4|0|0|0|3|0|45|10|||
|1964–65|First Division|42|10|2|0|0|0|—|44|10||||
|1965–66|First Division|37|6|1|0|0|0|—|38|6||||
|rowspan="9"|Stoke City|1966–67|First Division|41|1|1|0|1|0|—|43|1||
|1967–68|First Division|39|1|1|0|5|0|—|45|1||||
|1968–69|First Division|27|1|4|0|2|0|—|33|1||||
|1969–70|First Division|34|1|2|0|1|0|—|37|1||||
|1970–71|First Division|19|0|6|0|2|0|1|0|28|0|||
|1971–72|First Division|14|0|8|0|8|1|1|0|31|1|||
|1972–73|First Division|18|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|19|0|||
|1973–74|First Division|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|4|0|||
|Cleveland Stokers (loan)|1967|United Soccer Association|11|1|—|—|—|11|1|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|England|1963|5|0|
|1964|7|1|||
|1965|4|0|||
|1966|2|1|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Stoke City|align=left|22 March 1977|align=left|9 January 1978|||

## Honours

**Stoke City**
- Football League Cup: 1971–72

**England**
- World Cup: 1966

**Individual**
- United Soccer Association All-Star Team: 1967
- PFA Merit Award 1976
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): 1973

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: George Eastham
- **image**: George Eastham1.jpg
- **image size**: 150
- **caption**: Eastham in 1973
- **fullname**: George Edward Eastham
- **birth place**: Blackpool, Lancashire, England
- **position**: Midfielder / Inside forward
- **years1**: 1953–1956
- **clubs1**: Ards F.C., Ards
- **caps1**: 51
- **goals1**: 13
- **years2**: 1956–1960
- **clubs2**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps2**: 124
- **goals2**: 29
- **years3**: 1960–1966
- **clubs3**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps3**: 207
- **goals3**: 41
- **years4**: 1966–1973
- **clubs4**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps4**: 194
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 1967
- **clubs5**: → Cleveland Stokers (loan)
- **caps5**: 11
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 1970
- **clubs6**: → Cape Town City F.C. (NFL), Cape Town City (loan)
- **caps6**: 17
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 1971
- **clubs7**: → Hellenic F.C., Hellenic (loan)
- **caps7**: 26
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 1972
- **clubs8**: → Hellenic F.C., Hellenic (loan)
- **years9**: 1975
- **clubs9**: East London United F.C., East London United
- **totalcaps**: 536
- **totalgoals**: 75
- **nationalyears1**: 1959–1960
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-23 football team, England U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 1963–1966
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 19
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 1977–1978
- **managerclubs1**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City