Ken Harper (footballer)

Ken Harper
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Harper[1]
Date of birth (1917-04-15)15 April 1917
Place of birth Barnsley, England
Date of death February 1994(1994-02-00) (aged 76)
Place of death Doncaster, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
0000–1935 Barnsley West Ward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1946 Walsall 22 (2)
1946–1949 Bradford City 50 (0)
1949 Hindsford
1949–1951 Shrewsbury Town 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Harper (15 April 1917 – February 1994)[3] was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back, making 73 appearances in the Football League between 1935 and 1951 for Walsall, Bradford City and Shrewsbury Town.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Ken Harper". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Walsall. They like it. Return to Southern Section welcomed". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Hugman, Barry (1981). Football League Players Records (1946–1981). Aylesbury: Rothmans Publications. p. 168. ISBN 0-907574-08-4.
  4. ^ "BRADFORD CITY : 1946/47 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  5. ^ "SHREWSBURY TOWN : 1950/51 - 2002/03 & 2004/05 - 2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 26 February 2011.