Harry Hampton	Aston Villa FC 4 appearances, 2 goals (1 on his debut) P 4 W 3 D 0 L 1 F 8: A 6 75% successful 1912-14 captain: none minutes played: 360
Timeline
	Joseph Henry Hampton
Birth	21 April 1885 in Wellington, Shropshire [registered in Wellington, June 1885].
	According to the 1891 census, Harry is the fourth of five children (George being the fifth) to Henry and Selina. They live at Bury Yard in Wellington. His father is a wood sawyer.
	According to the 1901 census, Harry is a wood turner, and he and George are the only two children still living with their parents at 16 & 17 Glebe Street in Wellington.
First marriage	to Kate Mary Hannaford [registered in West Bromwich, June 1906]. Kate died in Birmingham in early 1929.
	According to the 1911 census, Harry, a professional footballer, is married to Kate, with one daughter Beattie, and a servant. They live at 32 Anderson Road in Erdington, Birmingham.
	According to the 1921 census, Harry is now a manager for Atkinson's Brewery, still married to Kate, and with their daughter, Beatrice Gertrude, they live at 30 Park Street in Walsall with one servant, where he is the licensee of the New Station Hotel.
	Second marriage: to Leah Felton [registered in Birmingham, March 1935]
	According to the 1939 register, Harry, a cafe proprietor, is now married to Leah, and they live at 15 Queen Street in Rhyl.
	Death: 15 March 1963 in Rhyl, aged 77 years 328 days [registered in St Asaph, Denbighshire, March 1963]. Buried in Maeshyfryd Cemetery in Rhyl (left).
	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Played his junior football with Shifnal Juniors FC and Lilleshall Iron Works FC, from where he joined up with Wellington Town FC. Aston Villa FC signed Hampton in on 19 April 1904 for a £120 transfer fee. Remarkably, on 20 June 1914, it was announced that Hampton had joined Manchester United FC for a £3000 transfer fee, but the transfer did not occur, and he guested for the Stoke FC side and played for the RAMC FC. Belliss & Morcom's FC and Birmingham FC after 26 February 1916, for the war period. After scoring 215 goals in 341 league appearances, Hampton joined rivals Birmingham FC on 8 February 1920, despite numerous clubs wanting his signature, making 57 league appearances, scoring 31 goals, and onto Newport County AFC on 11 September 1922.
"The Welsh Football Association at Cardiff yesterday decided to suspend for six weeks Harry Hampton, of Newport County, the ex-English international, who was recently transferred to Newport from West Bromwich. He was ordered off the field in the Portsmouth v Newport County match for threatening to strike an opposing player." - The Northern Daily Mail, Friday, 20 October 1922.
	he retired at the end of the season, scoring twice in fourteen league appearances. Not before he spent a six week suspension.
Club honours	FA Cup winners 1904-05, 1912-13; Football League runners-up 1907-08, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1913-14, Champions 1909-10, Division Two winners 1920-21; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1910;
Individual honours	Football League (three appearances); Top Goalscorer Football League Division One (=25, 1911-12)
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 7", 10st. 7lbs [1904]. 5' 8½", 11st. 3lbs [1913].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of seven who became the 368th players (372) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre-forward
First match	No. 115, 17 March 1913, England 4 Wales 3, a British Championship match at Ashton Gate, Ashton Vale, Bedminster, Bristol, aged 27 years 330 days.
Last match	No. 119, 4 April 1914, Scotland 3 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 28 years 348 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1912-13, 1913-14;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1912-13
Individual honours	England's Top Goalscorer (two 1913)
Distinctions	Died three days after Arthur Grimsdell
Beyond England
During his time in Birmingham, he was licensee of the New Station Hotel in Park Street. The license was transferred to his Birmingham teammate, John McKenzie in November 1921. Coached Preston North End FC from 13 June 1925. Subsequently lived for many years at Rhyl, where he had catering interests and where he died. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.117.

Harry Hampton - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Mins.		goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
5	4	4	360	2	180 min	2	none	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Harry Hampton - Match History
Club: Aston Villa F.C. - 4 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 4 full capsx
Age 26
-	111	10 February 1912 - Ireland 1 England 6, Dalymount Park, Dublin	BC	AW	replacement, then replaced.
Age 27
1	115	17 March 1913 - England 4 Wales 3, Ashton Gate. Bedminster	BC	HW	Start 55	cf
2	116	5 April 1913 - England 1 Scotland 0, Stamford Bridge, Fulham		HW	Start 37	cf
Age 28
3	118	16 March 1914 - Wales 0 England 2, Ninian Park, Cardiff	BC	AW	Start	cf
4	119	4 April 1914 - Scotland 3 England 1, Hampden Park,Glasgow		AL	Start	cf

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