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Harry
Hooper |
West Ham
United FC,
Birmingham City FC
uncapped
1954-58 |
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Timeline |
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Harry Hooper
not Harold |
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Birth |
14 June 1933 in Pittington, County Durham [registered as Harry, in
Durham, September 1933]. |
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Death |
26 August 2020 in Hunstanton, Norfolk |
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Source |
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Club Career |
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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. |
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Club honours |
Fairs Cup runners-up 1959-60; |
| Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
x'
x", xst.
xlbs [x]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
Did not to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954 (reserve),
1958 (provisional);
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B
(six appearances, two goals, 1954-57)
England U23
(six appearances, two goals, 1955). |
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Distinctions |
None |
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The Numbers |
| Parties |
unused |
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5 |
1 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Final Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCF 1954 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
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WCF
All |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
=0 |
Match History
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Club: West
Ham United F.C. - no full appearances |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - no full appearancesx
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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WCF |
reserve or 22x |
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288 |
17 June 1954 -
Belgium
4
England 4,
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
NW |
home reserve |
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289 |
20 June 1954 -
England 2
Switzerland
0,
Wankdorfstadion, Bern |
AW |
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290 |
26 June 1954 -
Uruguay
4
England 2,
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
NL |
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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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