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Henry Long (footballer)

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Henry Long
Personal information
Full name Henry Robert Long
Date of birth (1914-10-15)15 October 1914
Place of birth Southampton, England
Date of death 11 May 1989(1989-05-11) (aged 74)
Place of death Southampton, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Left-half / outside-left
Youth career
Harland and Wolff
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ryde Sports
1933–1938 Southampton 5 (0)
1938–1939 Newport (IOW)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Robert Long (15 October 1914 – 11 May 1989)[1] was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Southampton in the 1930s, either at left-half or outside-left.[2]

Football career

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Long was born in Southampton and attended Northam School. he was a member of the Southampton Schools team which reached the finals of the English Schools Shield in 1929.[1]

After playing for the Harland and Wolff shipbuilders works team and Ryde Sports on the Isle of Wight, Long joined Southampton of the Football League Second Division as an amateur in September 1933, becoming a professional in October 1934, aged 20.[1] He played regularly in the reserve team during his five years with the Saints,[1] but his first-team debut came on 7 September 1936 when he replaced Billy Kingdon for a 1–0 win over Doncaster Rovers. He made only one further appearance in 1936–37[3] and three the following season, once at left-half and twice at outside-left over the Christmas period (both draws against Swansea Town) in place of Harry Osman, who had switched to the inside-left in the absence of Arthur Holt.[4] In the second match against Swansea, Ted Bates made his debut at inside-right; he was to go on to be involved with Southampton, as player, manager and chairman until his death 66 years later.[5]

In the 1938 close season, Long left the club and joined Newport on the Isle of Wight.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 212–213. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 160. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 97. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  4. ^ Saints – A complete record. p. 99.
  5. ^ Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 24–25. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
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