Gordon Harris (footballer, born 1940)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gordon Harris[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
Date of death | 10 February 2014 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Langold, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Firbeck Colliery | |||
1958–1967 | Burnley | 258 | (69) |
1967–1971 | Sunderland | 126 | (16) |
1971–1975 | South Shields | ||
International career | |||
1961–1963 | England U23 | 2 | (1) |
1966 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gordon Harris (2 June 1940 – 10 February 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Burnley and Sunderland.[2] He was capped twice for England under-23 team while a Burnley player,[3] and once for the full national team, on 5 January 1966 in a 1–1 draw with Poland, as a late replacement for the injured Bobby Charlton.[4]
Harris died of cancer on 10 February 2014.[5]
Honours
[edit]Burnley
- Football League First Division: 1959–60
- FA Cup runner-up: 1961–62[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gordon Harris". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Gordon Harris". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (27 March 2004). "England - U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ "England Will Again Play Spanish Style". The Times. 5 January 1966. p. 4.
- ^ Bomber Harris passes away
- ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
External links
[edit]- Gordon Harris at Englandstats.com
Categories:
- 1940 births
- 2014 deaths
- Footballers from Worksop
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- England men's international footballers
- England men's under-23 international footballers
- Firbeck Main F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Gateshead United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English Football League representative players
- People from Bassetlaw District
- Footballers from Nottinghamshire
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1940s birth stubs