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Aug 2023
Harrogate Town life president George Dunnington dies
Harrogate Town life president George Dunnington has died.
The club announced today that Mr Dunnington, 86, who had been involved with the club for seven decades, died yesterday.
He was first involved with the club as a player in the 1950s.
When his playing days ended in the 1980s he helped the club build a new stand, floodlights, terracing, turnstiles, changing rooms and much more with a team of workers.
Mr Dunnington was elected chairman in October 1986, a position he held until 1998.
He was then elected club president In 2012/13, before being one of the inaugural inductees in the club’s Hall of Fame in 2023.
The club said in a statement:
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