John Harris | |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1896 |
Birth Place: | Shankill, Ireland |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Belfast, England |
Position: | Left half |
Clubs1: | Cliftonville |
Years2: | 1920–1922 |
Clubs2: | Glenavon |
Nationalyears1: | 1919–1923 |
Nationalteam1: | Ireland Amateurs |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1921–1924 |
Nationalteam2: | Ireland (IFA) |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 1921 |
Nationalteam3: | Irish League XI |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
John Harris (8 November 1896 - 4 September 1955) was a Northern Irish amateur footballer who played in the Irish League for Cliftonville and Glenavon as a left half.[2] He represented Ireland internationally at football and played minor matches for the Ireland cricket team.[3] [4]
Harris attended Queen's University Belfast. He later worked as principal at Kingston Technical High School in Jamaica and in Lagos, Nigeria.