George Reginald Cohen MBE (22 October 1939 – 23 December 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Fulham and won the 1966 FIFA World Cup with England. He is a member of the English Football Hall of Fame and was the uncle of rugby union World Cup winner Ben Cohen. More about George Cohen
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Cohen was a one-club footballer, joining Fulham professionally in 1956 and remaining there until retirement through injury 13 years later in March 1969. Fulham had been relegated to the Second Division the season before he retired as a player and did not return to the top flight for 33 years. He ended his career with 459 appearances for the club, a figure surpassed by only five other players in Fulham's history. As a full-back he also managed to score six League goals for Fulham.In total, we tracked 541 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of George Cohen (1966 signed bobby moore plus 9 others expect George Cohen) was sold in March 2020 for £225.00 while the cheapest item (GEORGE COHEN-FULHAM AND ENGLAND-AUTOGRAPHED ON GREEN CARD-1966 WORLD CUP WINNER) found a new owner for £0.50 in July 2019. The month with the most items sold (16) was December 2022 with an average selling price of £17.49 for an autographed item of George Cohen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2022 with £72.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.56 was September 2019. In average, an autographed item from George Cohen is worth £9.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of George Cohen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Alessia Russo's unlikely link to the boys of 1966! How the future Lioness met Wo (08/19/23): JOE BERNSTEIN: Until the age of 15, England's star forward Alessia Russo competed for Tonbridge Athletic Club alongside Ellie Cohen - granddaughter of George, former Lion.
Fulham players walk out wearing special George Cohen shirts before Boxing Day cl (12/26/22): George Cohen was a one-club legend and made 459 appearances for Fulham across 13 years at the club. It was announced on Friday morning that the World Cup winner had died.
Geoff Hurst pays tribute to George Cohen after former England team-mate's death (12/23/22): Geoff Hurst has paid tribute to George Cohen following his former England team-mate's passing at the age of 83. Hurst took to Twitter after hearing the news on Friday.
JEFF POWELL: Tough-tackling George Cohen was the perfect foil to England's 1966 (12/23/22): George Best was oft on the record saying: 'George was the best right back I ever played against.' As he said it again, Moore raised a glass to 'the best England right back.'
England's 1966 World Cup winners were duped into parading a FAKE trophy (11/17/20): George Cohen said he had spent the last 54 years believing he was holding the real Jules Rimet Trophy when celebrating with thousands of fans - but Scotland Yard had performed a switch.
Strictly Come Dancing’s Ben Cohen gets visit from 1966 World Cup winning uncle G (10/2013): Rugby player Ben Cohen received a visit from his 1966 World Cup-winning uncle in rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing - and was told the football hero had been asked on the show himself.