Harry Stapley

Harry Stapley
Stapley with Great Britain at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Henry Stapley
Date of birth (1883-04-29)29 April 1883
Place of birth Southborough, Kent, England
Date of death 29 April 1937(1937-04-29) (aged 54)
Place of death Glossop, England
Height 5 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre-forward, inside-right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Manor Park Albion
Bromley
Norwich CEYMS
Reading 0 (0)
Woodford Town
1905–1908 West Ham United 71 (39)
1908–1914 Glossop 188 (93)
International career
1907–1909 England Amateur 11 (22)
1908 Great Britain 3 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's football
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Stapley[a] (29 April 1883 – 29 April 1937) was an English amateur footballer who played for West Ham United and Glossop. Internationally, he played for the England amateur team and competed for Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he scored six goals.[2]

  1. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Harry Stapley". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.


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