Harry Wallbanks | |
Fullname: | Harold Wallbanks |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1921 |
Birth Place: | Chopwell, England |
Death Place: | Whitehaven, England |
Position: | Right half |
Years1: | –1938 |
Clubs1: | Chopwell Colliery |
Years2: | 1938–1949 |
Clubs2: | Fulham |
Caps2: | 33 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1944–1945 |
Clubs3: | → Sunderland (guest) |
Caps3: | 21 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1949–1952 |
Clubs4: | Southend United |
Caps4: | 39 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Years5: | 1952–1953 |
Clubs5: | Workington |
Caps5: | 26 |
Goals5: | 9 |
Harold Wallbanks (27 July 1921 – April 1993), sometimes known as Choppy Wallbanks,[1] was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Fulham, Southend United and Workington. He played as a guest for Sunderland during the Second World War.[2] [3]
Wallbanks' brothers Fred, John, Horace and Jimmy also became footballers.[4] He worked as a miner in Northumberland during the Second World War.