George Dalgleish appeared as a guest for Exeter City during 1945/46 when two interim league competitions - Division Three South (South of Thames) [played until Christmas] and the Division Three South Cup (Southern Section) [played from January] - were organised ahead of a return to ‘normal’ league football in 1946/47. He was briefly a professional with Everton.

Coming through the junior ranks at Goodison Park he had recently agreed a professional contract with Everton when, appearing as a guest player during the months immediately after the end of the war, he appeared for Exeter City on October 1945 against Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic at St James’ Park in a Division Three South (South of the Thames) fixture.

There is no record of him playing for Everton's first-team.