Harry Armstrong (footballer) explained

Harry Armstrong
Fullname:	Harold Arthur Armstrong
Birth Date:	1885
Position:	Outside right
Clubs1:	Southwick (Durham)
Years2:	1907–1909
Caps2:	6
Goals2:	0
Years3:	1909–1910
Caps3:	0
Goals3:	0
Years4:	1910–1911
Clubs4:	Darlington
Goals4:	1
Years5:	1911–19??

Harold Arthur Armstrong (1885 – after 1911) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.^[1]

He signed for Sheffield Wednesday from his hometown club, Wearside League champions Southwick,^[2] in April 1907.^[3] He netted 13 goals for Wednesday's reserve when they won the Midland League in 1908, but made only six first-team appearances for the Owls.^[4] He moved on to West Ham United in 1909,^[5] but never made an appearance for the first team,^[6] and left for Darlington at the end of the season.^[7] He played six FA Cup matches for his new club, scoring once, and also scored once in the North-Eastern League,^[8] before moving back to the Wearside League with Silksworth Colliery Welfare.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. 2012. 2002. SoccerData. Nottingham. 978-1-905891-61-0. 11.
2. Web site: Wearside League 1892–1919 . nonleaguematters.co.uk . 1 April 2017.
3. News: New players for Sheffield Wednesday . subscription . Sheffield Evening Telegraph . 25 April 1907 . 6 . British Newspaper Archive.
4. Web site: A H Armstrong . The Sheffield Wednesday Archive . Stuart . Jackson . Adrian Bullock . 1 April 2017.
5. News: Football . subscription . Portsmouth Evening News . 24 July 1909 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive.
6. Web site: A Player List . westhamstats.info . 1 April 2017.
7. News: Football . subscription . Northampton Mercury . 2 September 1910 . 12 . British Newspaper Archive.
8. Book: Tweddle, Frank . The Definitive Darlington F.C. . SoccerData . Nottingham . 2000 . 15, 19 . 978-1-899468-15-7.
9. News: Silksworth Colliery . subscription . Sunderland Daily Echo . 26 August 1911 . 5 . British Newspaper Archive.