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Harold
Halse |
Manchester
United FC, Aston Villa FC
1 appearance,
2 debut goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
8:
A 1
100% successful
1909-13
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Private
Harold James Halse |
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Birth |
Friday,
1 January 1886 in Leytonstone, Essex |
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registered in West Ham January-March 1886 |
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Baptism |
Sunday,
20 September 1891 at St. Columba's Church in Wanstead Slip, Leytonstone |
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Education |
Attended Park House School, West Ham |
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According to the 1891
census, Harold J. is the fifth of six children, the youngest of five sons,
to Frank and Emily Jane (née Yapp). They live at 50 Borthwick Road in Wanstead. His
father is an Ironmongers Manager. They have one servant. Harold is not on
this census return. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harold J. is still one of six
children at home with his parents at 40 Romford Road in West Ham. His
father is an ironmonger. They have two servants. |
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Marriage |
to Alma Young, in spring 1908 in West Ham |
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registered in West Ham April-June 1908 |
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Children |
Harold and Alma Halse have one daughter together. Winifred Alma
(b.5 December 1909) |
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,%20Harold.png) According to the 1911
census, Harold James, a Professional Footballer, is married to Alma with a
daughter, Winifred. They live at 77 School Road in Stretford,
Barton-upon-Irwell.
Kelly's
Directory for Essex in 1917, states they are living at 59 Warren Road in
Chingford.
At the outbreak of the war, Halse, now a commercial
traveller, signed up with the Royal Navy from January 1916 and
subsequently served on board the HMS President. He left on 31 March 1918 to join the Royal Air Force.
His wife is living at
59 Warren Road, and Halse is discharged on 30 April 1920. |
According to the 1921
census, Harold J, a professional footballer for Chelsea FC, still married
to Alma, and with Winifred, they board with the Harwood family at 1 New
Pier Street in Walton-on-the-Naze.
Kelly's Directory for Essex confirms Harold J. as a
confectioner in Walton-on-the-Naze at 96 High Street between at least 1922
and 1937.
His father died in early 1935. |
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"AT
COLCHESTER
BANKRUPTCY
COURT
yesterday, Harold Halse, a former well-known professional footballer, of
Eagle Avenue, Walton, appeared for public examination. He lately carried
on business as a tobacconist and confectioner at High Street, Walton, and
his statement of affairs showed gross liabilities £804/3/7, and a
deficiency of £717/8/10. He attributed his present position to the falling
off of trade and to betting activities. —The examination was closed subject
to signing the notes." - Essex
Chronicle, Friday, 1 October 1937 |
According to the 1939 register, Harold J., a surface
grinder and a machinist at armament work, is living at 119 Ashen Drive in
Dartford. He is still married, but Alma is at 11 Old Pier Street in
Frinton.
Confirmed by Kent Electoral Rolls for 1939.
His mother died on 25 February 1944 |
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"MR.
Harold Halse, 'mine host' of the 'Sun Inn,'
Kelvedon, was one of Manchester United's Cup team when they last
won the Cup in 1909. On Saturday, he was one of seven old United players
who were invited by Manchester to Wembley for the game, and afterwards to
the celebration banquet." - Newsman Herald, Tuesday, 27 April
1948 - The landlord of
the Sun Inn in Kelvedon is Monty Vere |
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Death |
Friday,
25 March 1949 in Colchester, Essex |
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aged
63 years 83 days |
registered in Colchester January-March 1949 |
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Obituary |
,%20Harold.jpeg) "Halse
Helped United to Gain Glory.
"The death in Colchester of Harold Halse,
the former Manchester United inside-right, recalls an earlier period when
the present Cup holders were paramount in the soccer world.
Halse
joined the Manchester club from Southend in United's first championship
winning season, 1907-08, and scored five goals in six appearances. The
following year he helped United to win the F.A. Cup for the first time,
after being a goal down to Burnley when the sixth-round tie was abandoned.
The replay was won by United 3—2, and they beat Bristol City 1—0 in the
final.
Burnley gained revenge in the next cup campaign by knocking out
the holders 2—0 in the third round, but Manchester United again came to the
fore, carrying off the championship.
Halse gained his only England
cap, against Austria in 1909, scoring two goals in an 81 victory, and
gained a second cup-winner's medal with Aston Villa in 1913."
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The Portsmouth Evening News/Sunderland Daily Echo, Thursday, 7 April
1949/Football Gazette, Saturday, 9 April 1949 |
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Funeral |
March 1949 at Walton-on-Naze Cemetery, Tendring, Essex |
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His wife, Alma, died on 6 December 1967 in Perth, Western Australia |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Park School, Wanstead, where he scored 125 goals in
one season, Halse also captained the Park School side. His junior clubs
included Newportians FC of Leyton, Park School Old Boys FC, Wanstead FC
and Barking Town FC, from where Clapton Orient FC signed him in 1905. Southend
United FC followed in the 1906 close season. His 95 goals in 61
Southern League division two appearances saw him, on 23 March 1908, sign
for Manchester United FC for £350, who beat other clubs to his signature.
On 3 July 1912, Halse
signed for Aston Villa FC for £1200. After setting up business in London, Villa
allowed Halse to leave, and although Tottenham Hotspur FC were favourites
for his signature, Chelsea FC signed him on 28 May 1913, and he remained
with them through the war until 30 June 1921, when Charlton Athletic FC obtained his
signature.
He retired from playing in 1923. |
League honours
259 appearances, 91 goals |
Clapton Orient FC
1905-06 two appearances, one goal
debut (division two): 2 December 1905
Manchester United FC 4 Clapton Orient FC 0.
Manchester United
FC 1908-12 109
appearances, 41 goals
debut: 28 March 1908 Manchester United FC 4 The
Wednesday FC 1.
Aston Villa FC 1912-13
31 appearances, 21 goals
debut: 2 September 1912 Aston Villa FC 1
Chelsea FC 0.
Chelsea FC 1913-21
96 appearances, 23 goals
debut: 6 September 1913 Chelsea FC 1 Tottenham
Hotspur FC 3.
Charlton Athletic FC
1921-22 21 appearances, five goals
debut (division three
south): 27 August 1921 Charlton Athletic FC 1 Exeter City FC 0.
last (division three south): 7
October 1922 Reading FC 2 Charlton Athletic FC 1. |
Club honours |
Southern League Division Two winners
1906-07;
Football League
Division One Champions 1907-08 (6ᵃ 4ᵍ), 1910-11 (23ᵃ 9ᵍ), runners-up 1912-13 (31ᵃ 21ᵍ), third place 1919-20 (31ᵃ 3ᵍ);
FA Charity Shield winners 1908, 1911 (scored six of the eight
goals vs. Swindon Town);
FA Cup winners 1908-09 (6ᵃ 4ᵍ), 1912-13 (6ᵃ 7ᵍ), runners-up 1914-15 (8ᵃ 2ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
Essex FA
(1908 vs. Suffolk FA);
Football
League (five appearances); |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
6", 10st.
5lbs [1909], 5' 6½", 10st. 7lbs [1912], 5' 4½" [1915] |
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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 two who became 342nd
players (343) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only match |
No.
104, 1 June 1909, Austria 1 England 8,
an end-of-season final Continental tour match at
Hohe Warte Stadion, Döbling, Wien, aged 23 years
151 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
The South
(one appearance, November 1913; reserve in January 1909) |
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Distinctions |
Died a
day after Dickie Downs and nine days after Billy Hibbert |
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Beyond England |
No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.116.
Halse was appointed coach and team
manager of Clacton FC on 6 June 1930, to play in the Essex Premier League. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
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4 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
+7 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
100 |
+1 |
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His only match was a friendly at an away venue |
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