- Harry Stirzaker
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playername = Harry Stirzaker
fullname = Henry Stirzaker
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dateofbirth = 1869
cityofbirth =Fleetwood
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = "Unknown"
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position = Defender
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years = -1894
1894-1903
clubs = Fleetwood Rangers
Blackpool
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nationalcaps(goals) =Henry "Harry" Stirzaker was an English professional footballer. He played as a defender and spent his entire professional career with Blackpool.
After joining Blackpool from Fleetwood Rangers in 1894, Stirzaker wore the number-5 shirt in Blackpool's first-ever game in the
Football League , a 3–1 defeat at Lincoln City onSeptember 5 ,1896 . [ [http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/history/Early-Days-in-the-Football.1240499.jp Mention of Stirzaker's playing in Blackpool's first-ever Football League match] - "Blackpool Gazette"] He went on to appear in all but the final three games of the 1896–97 season. He scored three goals: one in a 5–0 whitewash of Burton Wanderers atBloomfield Road onSeptember 19 ; one in a 3–2 home victory over Notts County onNovember 28 ; and Blackpool's goal in their 4–1 defeat at Loughborough onJanuary 30 ,1897 . Along with two other imports from Fleetwood Rangers –Bob Birkett and Jack Scott – Stirzaker was the mainstay of Blackpool's fledgling Football League team of the early part of the 20th century.In 1897–98, Stirzaker made 25 league appearances and scored one goal. Over the next three seasons, he made 93 league appearances and scored nine goals (six of which came in 1900–01).
Stirzaker stood in as an emergency goalkeeper for Blackpool's opening game of the 1901–02 season, when the club's first-choice 'keeper, Joe Dorrington, was unavailable. [Calley, Roy (1992). "Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992", Breedon Books Sport, p. 179]
In 1902–03, Stirzaker made only nine appearances after being edged out of the team by utility player
Geordie Anderson , who could either play in defence or in the forward line.Stirzaker's final game for Blackpool occurred on
April 13 ,1903 , in the final game of the season – a 2–1 victory over Chesterfield at Bloomfield Road.ee also
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*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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