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Harry
Hampton |
Aston Villa FC
4 appearances, 2 goals
1
on his debut
P 4 W 3 D 0 L 1 F
8:
A
6
75% successful
1912-14
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Joseph Henry Hampton |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 21
April 1885 in Wellington, Shropshire |
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registered in Wellington Salop Union April-June 1885 |
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According to the 1891
census, Harry is the fourth of five children (George being the fifth) to
Henry and Selina (née Arrowsmith). They live at Bury Yard in Wellington. His father is a
wood sawyer. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harry is a wood turner, and he and George are the only two
children still living with their parents at 16 & 17 Glebe Street in
Wellington.
His father died in late-1902. |
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First marriage |
to
Kate Mary Hannaford,
on Wednesday, 16 May 1906 at St. John's Church, Perry Barr, Staffordshire |
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registered in West Bromwich April-June 1906 |
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Children |
Harry and Kate Hampton have one daughter together. Beatrice (b.25
October 1906) |
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According to the 1911
census, Harry, a professional footballer, is married to Kate, with one
daughter Beattie, and a servant. They live at 32 Anderson Road in
Erdington, Birmingham. |
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According to the
1921 census, Harry is now a manager for Atkinson's Brewery, still married
to Kate, and with their daughter, Beatrice Gertrude, they live at 30 Park
Street in Walsall with one servant, where he is the licensee of the New
Station Hotel.
His wife, Kate, died on 18 February 1929. His mother
died in early 1933. |
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Second marriage |
to Leah Felton,
in early 1935 in Birmingham |
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registered in Birmingham January-March 1935 |
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According to the 1939 register, Harry, a cafe proprietor, is now married
to Leah, and they live at 15 Queen Street in Rhyl. |
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Death |
Friday,
15
March 1963 in Rhyl, Flintshire. |
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aged 77 years 328 days |
registered in St. Asaph January-March 1963 |
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Obituary |
,%20Harry.jpg) |
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Funeral |
March 1963 in Maeshyfryd Cemetery in Rhyl
(left). |
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His wife, Leah, died in Spring 1977 |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played his junior football with Shifnal Juniors FC and Lilleshall
Iron Works FC, from where he joined
up with Wellington Town FC. Aston Villa FC signed Hampton in on 19 April 1904
for a £120 transfer fee. Remarkably, on 20 June 1914, it was
announced that Hampton had joined Manchester United FC for a £3000
transfer fee, but the transfer did not occur, and
he guested for the Stoke FC side and played for the RAMC FC. Belliss &
Morcom's FC and Birmingham FC after 26 February 1916, for the war period. Hampton joined rivals Birmingham
FC on 8 February 1920, despite numerous clubs wanting his signature and onto Newport County AFC
on 11 September 1922. |
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"The Welsh Football
Association at Cardiff yesterday decided to suspend for six weeks Harry
Hampton, of Newport County, the ex-English international, who was recently
transferred to Newport from West Bromwich. He was ordered off the field in
the Portsmouth v Newport County match for threatening to strike an
opposing player." - The Northern Daily Mail, Friday, 20
October 1922. |
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he
retired at the end of the season. Not before he spent a six week suspension. |
League honours
410 appearances, 249 goals
one expulsion |
Aston Villa FC 1907-20 339 appearances, 215
goals
debut: 9 November 1904 Manchester City FC 2 Aston Villa FC 1.
Birmingham FC 1920-22 57 appearances, 32
goals
debut (division two): 14 February 1920 Barnsley FC 0 Birmingham
FC 5 .
Newport County FC 1922-23 fourteen appearances, two goals
debut (division three south): 16 September 1922 Newport County FC 0
Bristol City FC 1.
last (division three
south):
14 April 1923 Charlton Athletic FC 6 Newport County FC 0. |
Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1904-05 (6ᵃ 7ᵍ), 1912-13 (6ᵃ 5ᵍ);
Football League Division One
runners-up 1907-08 (28ᵃ 18ᵍ), 1910-11 (33ᵃ
19ᵍ),
1912-13 (33ᵃ 25ᵍ), 1913-14 (30ᵃ 19ᵍ), Champions 1909-10 (32ᵃ
26ᵍ); Division Two third place 1919-20 (10ᵃ 12ᵍ), winners 1920-21 (29ᵃ 16ᵍ);
FA Charity Shield
runners-up 1910; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (three
appearances); |
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Goalscoring records |
Football League
Division One =Top
Goalscorer 1911-12 (=25) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7", 10st.
7lbs [1904].
5'
8½", 11st.
3lbs [1913]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of seven who became the 368th
players (372)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 115, 17 March 1913,
England 4 Wales 3, a British Championship match at Ashton Gate, Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, aged 27 years
330 days.
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Last match |
No. 119, 4 April 1914,
Scotland
3 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 28 years 348 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1912-13, 1913-14; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1912-13 |
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Individual honours |
England's Top
Goalscorer (two 1913) |
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Distinctions |
Died three days
after Arthur Grimsdell |
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Beyond England |
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During his time in Birmingham, he was
licensee of the New Station Hotel in Park Street. The license was
transferred to his Birmingham teammate, John McKenzie in November 1921.
Coached Preston North End FC from 13 June 1925. Subsequently lived for many years at
Rhyl, where he had catering interests and where he died. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.117. |
