Albert Harris (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Harris[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1912[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Horden,[1] County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 1995 (aged 82)[1][2] | ||
| Place of death | Scunthorpe,[2] Lincolnshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Hetton United | ||
| – | Herrington Swifts | ||
| 1930–1931 | Hull City | 5 | (0) |
| – | Blackhall Colliery Welfare | ||
| 1935–1936 | Newcastle United | 12 | (4) |
| 1936–1937 | Barnsley | 15 | (1) |
| 1937–1939 | Darlington | 60 | (7) |
| – | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Albert Harris (16 September 1912 – 1995) was an English footballer who made 92 appearances in the Football League playing on the wing for Hull City, Newcastle United, Barnsley and Darlington in the 1930s. He also played for Wearside League clubs Hetton United, Herrington Swifts, and Blackhall Colliery Welfare, and for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United.[1][3]
Harris represented Durham Schools at under-15 level, playing for the team for two seasons, 1925–26 and 1926–27, rather than the customary one.[4]
In the 1937–38 season, Harris and fellow forward Albert Brallisford were invited to "explain their recent poor form" to Darlington's chairman and manager; while Harris's Darlington career continued, Brallisford never played for the club again.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- 1 2 "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Albert Harris. Birth date: 16 Sep 1912. Death quarter: 2. Death year: 1995. District: Scunthorpe. District number: 5541C. Register number: C33B. Entry number: 270. Date of registration mmyy: 0595. County: Lincolnshire. Retrieved 8 February 2015 – via Findmypast. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Harris leaves Barnsley". Yorkshire Post. 7 January 1937. p. 17 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Past players (H)". Durham County Schools Football Association. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ Taylor, Matthew (2005). The Leaguers: The Making of Professional Football in England, 1900-1939. Liverpool University Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780853236399.
Nor did indifferent performances go unnoticed. Two of Darlington's forward line for the 1937–38 season, Albert Brallisford and Albert Harris, were interviewed by the chairman and manager and asked to explain their recent poor form. Brallisford never played for the club again.