Harry Armstrong (footballer)

Harry Armstrong
Personal information
Full name Harold Arthur Armstrong
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Southwick, Sunderland, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Playing position Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Southwick (Durham)
1907–1909 Sheffield Wednesday 6 (0)
1909–1910 West Ham United 0 (0)
1910–1911 Darlington (1)
1911–19?? Silksworth C.W.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Harold Arthur Armstrong (1885 – after 1911) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.[2]

Armstrong was born in Southwick, Sunderland, in 1885. He signed for Sheffield Wednesday from his hometown club, Wearside League champions Southwick,[3] in April 1907.[1] He netted an amazing 109 goals in just 38 games for Wednesday's reserve team, but made only six first-team appearances for the Owls.[4] He moved on to West Ham United in 1909,[5] but never made an appearance for the first team,[6] and left for Darlington at the end of the season.[7] He played six FA Cup matches for his new club, scoring once, and also scored once in the North-Eastern League,[8] before moving back to the Wearside League with Silksworth Colliery Welfare.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "New players for Sheffield Wednesday". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 25 April 1907. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  3. ↑ "Wearside League 1892–1919". nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Jackson, Stuart. "A H Armstrong". The Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Adrian Bullock. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Football". Portsmouth Evening News. 24 July 1909. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "A Player List". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Football". Northampton Mercury. 2 September 1910. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. pp. 15, 19. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  9. ↑ "Silksworth Colliery". Sunderland Daily Echo. 26 August 1911. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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