Harry Hooper	West Ham United FC, Birmingham City FC uncapped 1954-58
Timeline
	Harry Hooper not Harold
Birth	14 June 1933 in Pittington, county Durham [registered as Harry, in Durham, September 1933].
Death	26 August 2020 in Hunstanton, Norfolk
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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);
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England B (six appearances, two goals, 1954-57) England U23 (six appearances, two goals, 1955).
Distinctions	None

Tournament Record

Match History

Age 20 B   two appearances - Scotland & West Germany March 1954

Club: West Ham United F.C. - no full appearances

manager: Walter Winterbottom - no full appearancesx

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286

16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd

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AL

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B
one appearance - Yugoslavia 16 May 1954

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23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest

AL

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B
one appearance  - Switzerland 23 May 1954

Age 21

		WCF	reserve or 22x
288	17 June 1954 - Belgium 4 England 4, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel		NW	home reserve
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	under 23
two appearances - Italy January 1955 & Scotland February 1955
B
one appearance - West Germany March 1955

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 23	B
one appearance - Scotland February 1957

 

Club: Birmingham City F.C. - no full appearances

Age 25
319	7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	party member

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.