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George Arthur Rowley, (April 21, 1926 –
December 19, 2002), was an England|English
Football (soccer)|football player, he holds the
record for the greatest number of career goals in
the Football League, 434 from 619 games.

Rowley, the younger brother of Manchester United
F.C.|Manchester United legend Jack Rowley|Jack,
began his career at West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West
Bromwich Albion. However, he struggled at The
Hawthorns to both score goals and gain a regular
place in the first team. Albion sold Rowley early
in the 1948/1949|49 season to Fulahm F.C.|Fulham,
where he immediately found his goal-scoring touch,
scoring 19 goals in 22 appearance as he helped the
side to the Football League Second Division|Second
Division title.

Rowley failed to recapture his form in the
Football League First Division|First Division as
he scored only 8 goals. At the end of his first
season in the top flight he was sold to Leicester
City F.C.|Leicester City. He spent the next eight
years at the club, during which time he scored 202
league goals, including 44 goals in 42 games as he
led Leicester to the Second Division title in
1957.

In the summer of 1958 Rowley left Leicester, who
were playing in the First Division, to become the
player-manager of Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury
Town of the newly-created Football League Fourth
Division|Fourth Division. In his first season at
the Gay Meadow Rowley led Shrewsbury to promotion
with a haul of 38 goals in 43 games. He spent the
next six years as a player with the club, during
which time he scored 104 league goals. 

After retiring as a player Rowley went on to have
spells as the manager of both Sheffield United
F.C.|Sheffield United and Southend United
F.C.|Southend United before leaving football.

==External links==
*http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604
,863948,00.html Obituary in The Guardian