Ernest Hart

Ernest Hart

Ernest ("Ernie") Arthur Hart (January 3 1902 - July 21 1954) was a long-serving centre-half for Leeds United, Mansfield Town and the England national team in the 1930s.

Football career

Hart was in Overseal, Derbyshire, and showed great promise in Overseal schoolboy and junior football, and later with a side in Doncaster named Woodlands Wesleyans. His performances brought him to the attention of League club scouts, and in September 1920 he signed for Leeds United. Over the next sixteen seasons he was a first team regular at Elland Road, and was widely recognised as one of the best centre-halves in the game [cite web | title=Overseal Footballer was a Leeds United Great | url=http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Hart,_Ernest_Arthur_-_Overseal_Footballer_was_a_Leeds_United_Great |accessdate=2007-09-08] .

Hart earned 8 England caps between 1928 and 1934, including a memorable appearance in the England team that beat Austria 4-3 in 1932 - the Austria side of the early 1930s were regarded as Continental Europe's strongest side, and had gone 14 matches unbeaten when they met England [cite web | title=England Football Online | url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamInteractive/Q&A/Q&A2002.html |accessdate=2007-09-08] . His international career should have been longer, but he unfortunately lost his England place as a result of a ban imposed for swearing at a referee.

In total, Hart made 472 appearances for Leeds, and scored 15 goals [cite web | title=Ernie Hart | url=http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/170.html | accessdate=2007-09-08] .

Between 1936 to 1938 he played for Mansfield Town, then became player manager at Tunbridge Wells.

After football

On retirement, he bought a bus and began a coach business based in Doncaster as E.A.Hart, which traded as the Beehive Bus Company, this prospered and later was purchased by Wilfreda Coaches soon after they moved to the new HQ at Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster. The joint company trades as Wilfreda Beehive, a luxury coach company operating from Doncaster and now nationally known.

He died on 21 July 1954, aged 52. In a poll of the 100 greatest ever Leeds United players, Hart was voted in at number 76.

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