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Jimmy
Harrop |
Aston Villa
FC
reserve
1913-14 |
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Timeline |
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Jem Harrop |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 5 February 1884 at 45 Harrington Road in Lowfield, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Ecclesall Bierlow January-March 1884 |
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According to the 1891 census,
seven year-old Jim is the seventh of eight children to George, but fifth
of six to Maria (née Sanderson), living at 42 Harrington Road in
the Lowfield area of Sheffield. His father is a cutlery grinder. |
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His father died in the 1893 winter.
According to the 1901 census,
seventeen year-old James, a pen-blade grinder, is the oldest of two living
with his widowed mother at 30 Nicholson Road in Heeley. |
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First marriage |
to Clara
Sweet, in spring
1909 |
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registered in Ecclesall Bierlow April-June 1909 |
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Children |
Jimmy and Clara have three children together. Their
eldest died before 1911, Lily (b.2 June
1911) and Alice Annie (b.24 February
1915) |
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According to the 1911 census,
James, a footballer, is married to Clara, and they live his in-laws at
Hill Cottages in Edale. Their only child so far has died. |
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According to the 1921 census,
James is a Sheffield United FC footballer, married, and with their two
daughters, Lily and Alice, and they live on the Main Road in Bamford, in
the Peak District. |
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His mother died in 1934
According to the 1939 register,
Jem, an implement grinder, is still married, and with their daughter,
Lily, they live at 13 Hope Road in Edale.
His wife died on 2 April
1952 |
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Death |
Tuesday, 25 May 1954 at The City Hospital, Sheffield, West Riding of
Yorkshire, living
at 13 Hope Road, Edale |
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aged 70 years 109 days |
registered in Sheffield April-June 1954 |
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Funeral |
May 1954, buried in the graveyard of the Church of the Holy and
Undivided Trinity in Edale, High Peak |
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Probate |
"HARROP
Jem of 13
Hope-road, Edale
Derbyshire
died 25 May 1954 at The City Hospital Sheffield
Administration
Wakefield
30 June to Alice Allsop (wife of Cyril Allsop) and Lily Sweettnam (wife of Thomas Joseph Sweetnam).
Effects £291 0s. 5d."
[2026 equivalent: £7,048]. |
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Source |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his
football career with Ranmoor Wesleyans FC in 1900, he was noted by his
local professional club Wednesday FC in 1903, joined Denaby United FC in
1906, rivals Rotherham Town FC in 1907-08. Liverpool FC paid £250
for Harrop in January 1908. He joined Aston Villa in June
1912. He returned to Wednesday FC as a wartime guest, and then joined
Sheffield United FC on 11 March 1921. Burton All Saints FC in 1922 and Buxton
FC in 1923. |
League honours
300 appearances, 8 goals |
Liverpool FC 1908-12 133 appearances,
four goals
debut: 18 January 1908 Liverpool FC 1 Bolton Wanderers FC 0.
Aston Villa FC 1912-21 153
appearances, four goals
debut: 2 September 1912 Aston Villa FC 1
Chelsea FC 0.
Sheffield United FC
1921 fourteen appearances
debut: 12 March 1921 Sheffiled United FC 2
Bolton Wanderers FC 2.
last: 12 November 1921 Chelsea FC 2 Sheffield
United FC 1. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division One
runners-up 1909-10 (32ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1912-13 (35ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1913-14 (35ᵃ 1ᵍ);
FA
Cup winners 1912-13 (4ᵃ), 1919-20 (4ᵃ); |
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Individual honours |
not known |
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Distinctions |
not known |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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England Career |
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Position(s) |
Centre half |
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Individual honours |
Reserve for the Whites vs. Stripes trial match in January 1910.
The Stripes (one
substitute appearance, January 1911); |
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Beyond England |
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Census' state he returned to
his trade in the cutlery business. |
