- Harold Hardman
Football player infobox
playername= Harold Hardman
fullname = Harold Payne Hardman
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1882|4|4|df=y
cityofbirth =Newton Heath ,Manchester
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1965|6|9|1882|4|4|df=y
height =
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1900–1903
1903–1908
1908–19??
1909–1910
clubs = Blackpool
Everton
Manchester United
Bradford City
Stoke City
caps(goals) = 71 (10)
20 0(2)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
nationalyears = 1905–1908
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 04 0(1)Harold Payne Hardman (
4 April 1882 —9 June 1965 ) was an English amateur footballer.Born in the
Kirkmanshulme area ofNewton Heath ,Manchester , he was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899-1900. He made his League debut on 8 September, 1900, in a home draw against Gainsborough Trinity, the first competitive game played at Blackpool'sBloomfield Road ground. He became almost an ever-present for the club over the next three years.An outside-left, Hardman had the ability to switch flanks and sometimes played on the right wing. He possessed speed and a knack for trickery, and although not a regular goalscorer himself, he provided the final pass for many of the goals scored by
Bob Birkett and Jack Parkinson. Blackpool, however, as a whole, were a team struggling in the Second Division, and they found it too difficult to hold onto him.In 1903, he signed for Everton for a fee of £100. He played for the Toffees in the 1906 and 1907 FA Cup Finals before joining Manchester United in 1908, the year he became a member of the British team at the Olympics. Britain won the gold medal in the football tournament.
Hardman later played for Bradford City, during their first two seasons in Division One, and Stoke City.
International career
Hardman also made four appearances for the full England team, all while with Everton, between 1905 and 1908, scoring once (against Ireland).
Later years and death
After his playing days ended, he became a well-known administrator and, later, director of Manchester United. He eventually became a
solicitor inManchester , where he died in 1965 at the age of 83.References
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARDMHAR01 Olympics profile]
*Englandstats|id=437|name=Harold Hardman
*cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| coauthors= | title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | location= | year=1992 | editor= | id=ISBN 1-873626-07-X
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