| Harry Hampson | |
| Fullname: | Harold Hampson |
| Birth Date: | 8 June 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Little Hulton, England |
| Death Place: | United Kingdom |
| Position: | Inside forward |
| Years1: | 1934 |
| Clubs1: | Walkden Primitive Methodists |
| Years2: | 1935–1936 |
| Clubs2: | Everton |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1936 |
| Clubs3: | Walkden Primitive Methodists |
| Years4: | 1936–1938 |
| Clubs4: | Southport |
| Caps4: | 42 |
| Goals4: | 19 |
| Years5: | 1938–1940 |
| Clubs5: | Sheffield United |
| Caps5: | 45 |
| Goals5: | 14 |
| Totalcaps: | 87 |
| Totalgoals: | 33 |
Harold Hampson (8 June 1918 – 24 June 1942) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Southport and Sheffield United.
Hampson's brother Jimmy was also a footballer.[1] Hampson became the first Sheffield United footballer to enlist in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.[2] [3] Serving as a corporal in the 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (5th Battalion, Border Regiment), he died of septicaemia in a "north-western military hospital" on 24 June 1942 and was buried in Peel (St Paul) Churchyard.
| Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Southport | 1936–37 | Third Division North | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1937–38 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 18 | |||
| Southport total | 39 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 19 | |||
| Sheffield United | 1939–40 | Second Division | 39 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 | |
| 1939–40 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sheffield United total | 42 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 13 | |||
| Career total | 80 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 87 | 32 | |||