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Harold
Pearson |
West Bromwich
Albion FC
1 appearance,
0 goals against, 1 clean sheet
P 1 W 1 D
0 L 0 F 3: A 0
100% successful
1932
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harold Frederick Pearson |
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Born |
7 May 1908
in Bolehall, Tamworth, Staffordshire [registered in
Tamworth, June 1908].
Attended Glascote Council School |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Harold is the only son to professional footballer Hubert Pryer and
Harriet (née Wright), Hubert's parents and brother also live with
them at 88 Kettlebrook Road in Tamworth. |
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According to the 1939 register, Harold, a professional
footballer, is stated as being married, but is living at his parents home,
at 91 Oak Road in West Bromwich. |
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Married |
twice, firstly to Ivy May Newell
[registered in Tamworth, June 1928], Ivy died in 1934.
Then to Doris C. Phillips
[registered in West Bromwich, September 1939] |
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Died |
31 October 1994
in Sandwell, aged
86 years 177 days
[registered in Sandwell, November 1994].
His club, West Bromwich Albion FC state 2 November, but his family state
31 October. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1", 12st.
6lbs [1931]. 13st [1937] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his junior career with Glascote United Methodist FC of the
Tamworth & District Church and Schools League alongside Harry Hibbs, who
was at Wilnecote. Pearson later joined Belgrave WMC FC, of the Trent
Valley League, and subsequently did duty for Two Gates United FC. Joined
the Southern League outfit, Nuneaton Town FC, and then Tamworth Castle FC,
After representing Birmingham FA in April 1927, Pearson signed for West Bromwich Albion FC
on 21 May. After keeping goal for 283 league matches,
Pearson signed for Millwall FC on 24 August 1937. The asking price
of £1000 was reduced to £300, and after 38 Division Three South
appearances, he retired during WWII. Although he did guest in goal
for The Tamworth & Trent Valley League side in 1932, and for West Ham
United FC during the war. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1930-31, runners-up
1934-35; Football League Division Two runners-up 1930-31;
Division Three (South) winners 1937-38;
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1931; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Son of Hubert
Pearson (West Bromwich Albion FC),
Cousin of Harry
Hibbs and Horace Pearson (Blackpool FC).
The two of them, Pearson and Hibbs, organised a friendly match on 30 April
1928, Hibbs XI versus a Pearson XI, to raise funds for Tamworth Castle FC,
at the Jolly Sailor Ground in Tamworth.
At the time of him
winning his FA Cup medal in 1931, Pearson was the youngest goalkeeper to
do so.
Harold also played cricket for Hamlet CC. |
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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 five who became the 568th
players (568)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 181, 9 April 1932, England
3 Scotland 0, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley,
London, aged 23 years
338 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1931-32; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1931-32; |
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Individual honours |
England schoolboy (one
appearance, 1927 versus Scotland) |
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Distinctions |
Harold's father Hubert was the original selected
goalkeeper against France in May 1923.
Died 25 days after Raich Carter. |
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Beyond England |
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A plumber by trade. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.193/194. |
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Harold Pearson - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0 min |
0 |
1 |
100% |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Harold Pearson
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Harold Pearson
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1931-32 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Harold Pearson
- Match History
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Club:
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x
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Notes
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