Mark Hooper

Mark Hooper
Personal information
Date of birth 14 July 1901
Place of birth Darlington, England
Date of death 9 March 1974(1974-03-09) (aged 72)
Place of death Sheffield, England
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
0000–1924 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]

  1. ^ Mark Hooper at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)