Albert Harris (footballer) explained

Albert Harris
Fullname:Albert Harris
Birth Date:16 September 1912
Birth Place:Horden, County Durham, England
Death Date:1995 (aged 82)
Death Place:Scunthorpe,[1] Lincolnshire, England
Height:5 ft 8 in[2]
Position:Outside forward
Youthyears1:
Years1:
Clubs1:Hetton United
Years2:
Clubs2:Herrington Swifts
Years3:1930–1931
Clubs3:Hull City
Caps3:5
Goals3:0
Years4:
Clubs4:Blackhall Colliery Welfare
Years5:1935–1936
Caps5:12
Goals5:4
Years6:1936–1937
Clubs6:Barnsley
Caps6:15
Goals6:1
Years7:1937–1939
Clubs7:Darlington
Caps7:60
Goals7:7
Years8:
Clubs8:Scunthorpe & Lindsey United

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.[3] [4]

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.[5]

During 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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription . subscription . . 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 . 8 February 2015.
  2. News: Barnsley. Three centres to take 'Pongo' Waring's place . Sunday Dispatch Football Guide . London . 23 August 1936 . x . Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData . Nottingham . 116 . 2004 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
  4. News: Harris leaves Barnsley . Yorkshire Post . 7 January 1937 . 17 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Web site: Past players (H) . Durham County Schools Football Association . 8 February 2015.
  6. Book: The Leaguers: The Making of Professional Football in England, 1900-1939 . Taylor, Matthew . Liverpool University Press . 2005 . 9780853236399 . 133 . 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..