Walter Harris (football manager) explained

Walter Harris
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Managerclubs2:Athletic Bilbao
Manageryears3:1922
Managerclubs3:Real Unión
Manageryears4:1922
Managerclubs4:Basque Country
Manageryears5:1922–192x
Managerclubs5:Real Unión
Manageryears6:1923
Managerclubs6:Celta de Vigo
Manageryears7:1924
Managerclubs7:France (assistant)
Manageryears8:1925–1928
Managerclubs8:Osasuna
Manageryears9:1928
Managerclubs9:Alavés
Manageryears10:1928–1929
Managerclubs10:Real Málaga
Manageryears11:1932
Managerclubs11:Hércules
Manageryears12:1932–1933
Managerclubs12:Atlético de Madrid

Walter Harris was an English football manager.

Football career

Walter Harris served as a devoted member to the Spanish football society, during his time he also of accumulated a massage and bath business in Droitwich Spa. He may have possibly been a player who went by the name Walter Harris, based on archive records in 1906 at Barcelona of the same name, although this is not confirmed. It is here he may have begun his career in Spanish football eventually going onto become a club manager within Spain.[1] [2]

Known in Spanish football as Mr. Harris, arrived in Spain in 1922 to coach the historic team Real Unión. In 1922 he was the coach of the Basque Country.[3] In 1924 he moved to Paris, where he carried out work as a masseur and assistant manager of the France national team in the Paris Olympics of 1924, he became assistant trainer to Tom Griffiths. The data on his career is difficult to collect due to limited sources of information available around that time period. He became manager of several Spanish clubs such as Real Unión,[4] Athletic Bilbao,[5] Celta Vigo,[6] Osasuna, Alavés,[7] Real Málaga,[7] Atlético Madrid and Hércules.

Notes and References

  1. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1906/04/12/pagina-4/607933/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, April 1906
  2. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1906/02/22/pagina-4/607891/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, February 1906
  3. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1922/06/26/pagina-5/612342/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, June 1922
  4. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1911/06/22/pagina-2/618509/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, May 1922
  5. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1985/06/24/pagina-16/1121090/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, June 1985
  6. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1923/04/23/pagina-2/608878/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, April 1923
  7. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1928/11/25/pagina-3/626554/pdf.html El Mundo Deportivo, November 1928