George Fleming (footballer, born 1859)
[1][2] Described as a hard-running forward, able to occupy all five front-line positions, he produced his best form on the wing.Signed in August 1885 he scored 45 goals in 82 games before the Football League era began in 1888.[3] George Fleming made his League debut on 8 September 1888, playing as a winger, at Anfield, then the home of Everton.When George Fleming played as a winger on 15 September 1888 against Notts County he was 28 years 316 days old; that made him, on that second weekend of League football, Everton's oldest player.This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a forward born in the 1850s, is a stub.