George Gemmell (1889 – 25 January 1965) was an amateur footballer who played for clubs including Kings Lynn, Lynn Town, Queen's College, Cambridge, Watford and Tottenham Hotspur. In 1913 he represented England on two occasions at amateur level. Gemmell also played cricket for Norfolk and Rhodesia at first-class level. Football career Gemmell featured in six matches in 1912-13 for Southern League club Watford. He went on to play in one FA Cup match for Tottenham Hotspur in 1914. Biography Gemmell was born in King's Lynn to Scottish parents. A versatile sportsman whose Watford connection arose from his appointment as games-master at the Royal Masonic School for Boys, Bushey. The centre‐forward also played for both Norfolk and Hertfordshire at county level. In 1914 he made an FA Cup appearance for Tottenham Hotspur, and won two amateur international caps for England in 1913. Gemmell also represented Norfolk at cricket. During the Great War he joined the Norfolk Regiment as an officer and later served with the British Indian Army until 1921. In the same year he emigrated to Rhodesia and played first-class cricket. After thirteen years he returned to England to work as a Cambridgeshire farm baliff. References External links Gemmell's debut for Spurs English Football League players Southern Football League players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Watford F.C. players Association football forwards Rhodesia cricketers Norfolk cricketers Sportspeople from King's Lynn British Army personnel of World War I British Indian Army officers Royal Norfolk Regiment officers 1889 births 1965 deaths English footballers