Harold Connor
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harold Connor[1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England[1] | ||
Date of death | November 2016[2] | (aged 86)||
Place of death | Wirral, England[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Peterborough United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Marine | ||
1952–1954 | Stoke City | 4 | (2) |
– | Marine | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harold Connor (23 December 1929 – November 2016) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.[1] He was the last amateur to play for the club.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Liverpool, Connor began playing football with Peterborough United as he was serving with RAF Halton.[1] He returned to his native Merseyside and became a PE teacher in Crosby and played football with non-league Marine.[1] He joined the professional side Stoke City in 1952 signing on amateur contract forms and scored within 10 minutes on his debut against Sunderland in March 1953.[1] After he declined to sign a professional contract he was released by manager Frank Taylor and Connor returned to Marine whilst continuing to work as a teacher.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Stoke City[1] | 1952–53 | First Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1953–54 | Second Division | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Career Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |