Harry Healless	Blackburn Rovers FC 2 appearances, 0 goals P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 4: A 6 50% successful 1924-28 captain: none minutes played: 180
Timeline
	Private Henry Healless
Birth	9 February 1893 in Blackburn, Lancashire [registered in Blackburn, March 1893]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register. HIs death registration states the 10th.
	According to the 1901 census, Harry is the fourth of seven children to John William and Ada. They live at 6 Croft Street in Blackburn. His father was a railway plate layer.
	According to the 1911 census, Henry remains at home, now at 3 Vincent Street, with John William and Ada, along with five of his siblings. He is a cotton weaver. His father now a stone mason labourer.
Marriage	to Elizabeth Hayes [registered as Harry Healless in Blackburn, March 1913]. They had two children, Frank (b.15 July 1913) and Ada (b.1923).
	According to the 1921 census, Henry is now a professional footballer (for Blackburn Rovers FC) and is now also married to Elizabeth. They have one son, Frank, and they live with his wife's parents and fanily at 47 Redlam in Blackburn.
	According to the 1939 register, Henry, a retired footballer, is married to Elizabeth, and living at 6 Limefield in Blackburn, along with their son, Frank.
Death	11 January 1972, aged 78 years 336 days [registered in Bury, March 1972].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began his junior career playing with Blackburn Athletic FC, and also Victoria Cross FC, a Blackburn junior club. He was at Blackburn Trinity FC when he was spotted by Blackburn Rovers FC, who he played amateur for during the 1914-15 season. He was a member of the Royal Lancaster Regiment, before he signed professional forms with Rovers in May 1919. He became the club captain from 1927-28, and he remained with the Ewood Park club until his retirement in April 1933. After he returned from Netherlands, he was re-instated as an amateur and assisted Haslingden Grane FC. After WW2, he was still playing in Blackburn junior football as a full-back into his fifties.
Club honours	FA Cup winners 1927-28 (as captain); FA Charity Shield runners-up 1928;
Individual honours	Football League (one appearance); FA Charity Shield winners with Professionals 1924;
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 9½", 12st. 0lbs [1928].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Management Career
Club(s)	Following his retirement, he became chief scout at Blackburn Rovers FC, until his appointment as manager-coach to the Almelo Club in Netherlands on 23 September 1935 until October 1937. He was appointed as a coach at Blackburn Rovers FC on 14 November 1951.
England Career
Player number	One of two who became the 479th players (480) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre-half/left-half
First match	No. 142, 22 October 1924, England 3 Ireland 1, a British Championship match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged 31 years 256 days.
Last match	No. 159, 31 March 1928, England 1 Scotland 5, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 35 years 51 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1924-25, 1927-28;
Team honours	None
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	Died five days after Bert Gosnell
Beyond England
No additional information. But he never strayed to far away from his beloved football. In fact, his appointment in Netherlands in 1935 curtailed his political career. He resigned from being the Conservative candidate for Blackburn on 27 September 1935 for the municipal election. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.125.

Harry Healless - Match History
Club: Blackburn Rovers F.C. - 2 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 2 full capsx
Age 31
1	142	22 October 1924 - England 3 Ireland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC	HW	Start	ch
Age 32
-	145	4 April 1925 - Scotland 2 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AL	reserve
Age 35
-	158	28 November 1927 - England 1 Wales 2, Turf Moor, Burnley	BC	HL	reserve
2	159	31 March 1928 - England 1 Scotland 5, Empire Stadium, Wembley		HL	Start	lh

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