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Harry Thorpe

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Harry Thorpe
Personal information
Full name Harold Cheetham Thorpe[1]
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Barrow Hill
Date of death 16 September 1908
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900?–1903 Chesterfield Town 64 (0)
1903–1904 Woolwich Arsenal 10 (0)
1904–1907 Fulham 70 (?)
1907–1908 Leicester Fosse 26 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Thorpe (1880–16 September 1908[2] ) was a footballer who played as a defender in the Football League and Southern Football League in the 1900s.

He made his Football League debut in the 1900–01 season with Chesterfield F.C., making 64 league appearances for them over the next few seasons,[1] before moving to Woolwich Arsenal. He made 10 appearances in total for Arsenal between 1903 and 1904.[3] In 1904 he joined Fulham of the Southern League, and played 70 league games for them, putting him in the top 10 of all-time Fulham appearances in that league.[4]

Thorpe returned to the Football League in 1907 with Leicester Fosse, and he played for them in their giant-killing FA Cup victory over Blackburn Rovers on 11 January 1908.[5]

He died in 1908 of influenza.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ Basson, Stuart (15 May 2009). ""Chesterfield Town FC: Football League players, 1899 to 1909". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original (Excel spreadsheet) on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  3. ^ Arsenal player database
  4. ^ "Pre-League (Champions ... And The Football League)". Club History. fulhamfc.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  5. ^ Steve Porter (2008). "Giant Killers: 1908". Every F A cup giant killing since 1888. freewebs.com/captainbeecher. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  6. ^ Smith, Dave (2001). Of Foxes and Fossils. Polar Publishing. p. 461. ISBN 1-899538-21-6.