Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 July 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Darlington, England | ||
Date of death | 9 March 1974 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Sheffield, England | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
–1924 | Cockfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1924–1928 | Darlington | 116 | (43) |
1928–1938 | Sheffield Wednesday | 384 | (125) |
1938–1939 | Rotherham United | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mark Hooper (14 July 1901 – 9 March 1974) was an English professional footballer who played for Darlington, Sheffield Wednesday and briefly with Rotherham United in a 16-year career which lasted from 1923 to 1939, although he appeared in 1945 in a few games after World War II . In total he played 500 League games (550 including cup games) in that time, scoring 168 League goals with 11 more in the FA Cup. Hooper was a diminutive right winger who was only 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m) tall, weighed under 10 stone (64 kg) and wore size 4 boots.[1]