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Harry
Hadley |
West Bromwich
Albion FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 4:
A 0
100% successful
1903
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harry Hadley |
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name notes |
name
is definitely Harry, not Harold, birth registration confirms so. |
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Born |
26 October 1877 in Barrow-in-Furness,
Lancashire [registered in
Barrow-in-Furness, December 1877]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881
census, Harry is living with his grandfather and grandmother, Thomas and
Hannah, in Queen Street, Halesowen. His grandparents are nail forgers. |
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According to the 1891
census, Harry, a button maker, is one of two grandsons living with their
widower grandfather, Thomas, in Queen Street in Halesowen. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Harry is now married to Emma and they have a daughter, Edith. They still
live at Queen Street and Thomas, his grandfather, is living with them.
Harry is a Horn button makerpresser. |
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According to the 1911
census, Harry is now a publican, still married, with two more children,
two sons, Leslie and F. Harry. They live at The Woodman Inn on Bromsgrove
Road, Halesowen. |
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Married |
to Emma Barrett
[registered in Stourbridge, March 1898]. |
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Died |
Not
June 1942 in Stourbridge, that Harry Hadley was 58 years old and his widow
was Jane.
Not
December 1942, one was 67 year old in West Bromwich, the other was 85 in
Birmingham. No Harry Hadley's that died seem to come close. There is no
entry in the 1939 register to suggest he lived beyond the outbreak of WW2. |
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Death notes |
an
enigma... some history books suggest that he died in 1950, another says he
died in 1942...but there is no registrations to back this up. In
fact the only death registration that fell into the correct age bracket
was in the summer of 1944, although it was an Harry S. Hadley that was
stated on the registration...their wasn't an Harry S. registered in the
births c.1877. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
7lbs [1907]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began
his football career with Colley Gate United FC, Joined Halesowen FC during
the 1895-96 season. West Bromwich Albion FC signed Hadley in February 1897
and he made 167 League appearances, scoring
twice. Transferred to Aston Villa FC in February 1905
and made just eleven league appearances,
followed by Nottingham Forest FC on 24 March 1906
for another twelve league appearances, scoring
once. Southampton FC then signed Hadley in 1907
where he made 29 league appearances. In 1908, Hadley turned out for
Croydon Common FC, making 21 league
appearances, scoring once; Halesowen re-signed Hadley in February
1910. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two winners 1901-02; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Well known as a
secretary-manager during the inter-war period, having four spells as
Merthyr Town FC's manager between 26 May 1919 and September 1931
(finally from 13 September 1930). Managed Chesterfield FC until he
resigned April to 24 August 1922. Accrington Stanley FC on 4 September
1924. Aberdare Athletic FC November 1927-April 1929. Gillingham FC April
1929-1930 and Bangor City FC July 1935 until his retirement in 1936. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven
who became the 278th player
(280) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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Only match |
No. 77, 14 February 1903, England 4 Ireland
0,
a British Championship
match at Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 25 years
111 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1902-03; |
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Team honours |
British Championship
shared
1902-03; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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A button maker by trade. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.114. |
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