Harold Connor

Harold Connor
Personal information
Full name Harold Connor[1]
Date of birth (1929-12-23)23 December 1929
Place of birth Liverpool, England[1]
Date of death November 2016 (2016-12) (aged 86)[2]
Place of death Wirral, England[2]
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Marine
1952–1954 Stoke City 4 (2)
– Marine
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Harold Connor (23 December 1929 – November 2016) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.[1] He was the last amateur to play for the club.[1]

Career

Born in Liverpool, Connor began playing football with Peterborough United as he was serving with RAF Halton.[1] He returned to his native Merseyside and became a PE teacher in Crosby and played football with non-league Marine.[1] He joined professional side Stoke City in 1952 signing on amateur contract forms and scored within 10 minutes on his debut against Sunderland in March 1953.[1] After he declined to sign a professional contract he was released by manager Frank Taylor and Connor returned to Marine whilst continuing to work as a teacher.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City[1] 1952–53 First Division 210021
1953–54 Second Division 210021
Career Total 420042

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. 1 2 "Harold Connor". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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