Harry Oliver (footballer)

Harry Oliver
Personal information
Full name Henry Spoors Oliver[1]
Date of birth (1921-02-16)16 February 1921
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Date of death 11 January 1994(1994-01-11) (aged 72)[2]
Place of death Sunderland, England
Position(s) Centre half, left back
Youth career
Doxford Juniors
Hylton Colliery Juniors
Ditchburn Juniors
0000–1936 Sunderland
1936–1937 Houghton Colliery Welfare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1937–1938 Hartlepools United 9 (0)
1938–1948 Brentford 18 (0)
1948–1952 Watford 122 (2)
1952–1956 Canterbury City
International career
England Schoolboys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Spoors Oliver (16 February 1921 – 11 January 1994) was an English professional footballer. He played at full back and centre half in the Football League for Hartlepools United, Brentford and Watford. He also played competitive football for Houghton Colliery Welfare and Canterbury City and represented England as a schoolboy.

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 221. ISBN 978-1905891610.
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