Harry Hooper	West Ham United FC uncapped 1954-58 captain: none minutes played: none
Profile
Full name	Harry Hooper
Born	14 June 1933 in Pittington, county Durham [registered as Harry, in Durham, September 1933].
Source
Club Career
Club(s)	Hooper started playing football at Hylton Colliery FC. As a junior, he joined West Ham United FC, where his father was a trainer, and went on to play 119 league matches, scoring 39 goals. Also appeared for a London XI in 1955. Hooper moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC for £25,000 in 1956, and scored 19 goals in 39 league matches. He then joined Birmingham City FC for £20,000 in 1957, playing 105 league matches and scoring 34 goals, before returning to his native north-east with Sunderland AFC for a fee of £18,000 in 1960, playing 65 league matches, scoring 16 goals. He went on to play non-league football from 1963 with Kettering Town FC, Dunstable Town FC and Heanor Town FC before retiring in 1968.
Club honours	Fairs Cup runners-up 1959-60;
Individual honours	Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	x' x", xst. xlbs [x].
England Career
Player number	Did not to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside-right
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 1954 (reserve), 1958 (provisional party);
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England B (five appearances, one goal, 1954-55), England U23 (six appearances, two goals, 1955).
Distinctions	None

Match History

Age 20
1	b	3 March 1954 - England 1 Scotland 1, Roker Park, Sunderland	Fr	HD	Start 65	7
2	b	24 March 1954 - West Germany 0 England 4, Glückauf Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen	Fr	AW	Start	7
286		16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd	tour	AL	party member
3	b	16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 2 England 1, Centralni Stadion, Ljubljana		AL	Start	7
287		23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest		AL	party member
4	b	23 May 1954 - Switzerland 2 England 0, St. Jakob Park, Basel		AL	Start	7

Age 21

288	17 June 1954 - Belgium 4 England 4, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel	WCF	NW	home reserve	22
289	20 June 1954 - England 2 Switzerland 0, Wankdorfstadion, Bern		AW
290	26 June 1954 - Uruguay 4 England 2, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel		NL

292	10 November 1954 - England 3 Wales 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley	BC	HW	party member
293	1 December 1954 - England 3 West Germany 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	party member

Age 22
1	u23	19 January 1955 - England 5 Italy 1, Stamford Bridge, Fulham	Fr	HW	Start	7
2	u23	8 February 1955 - Scotland 0 England 6, Shawfield Park, Glasgow	Fr	AW	Start	7
5	b	23 March 1955 - England 1 West Germany 1, Hillsborough, Sheffield	Fr	HD	Start	7
295		15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris	tour	AL	unused sub
296		18 May 1955 - Spain 1 England 1, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid		AD	party member
297		22 May 1955 - Portugal 3 England 1, Estádio do FC Porto, Oporto		AL

Age 25

England's selectors announced their forty-man party from whom the final 22 would be selected, on April 22 1958. Of the 18 players who were cut from the party on 28 May, they included Harry Hooper.

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