Harry Hampson
Harold Hampson (8 June 1918 – 24 June 1942) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Southport and Sheffield United.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Hampson | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1918[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Little Hulton, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 24 June 1942 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | United Kingdom | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934 | Walkden Primitive Methodists | ||
| 1935–1936 | Everton | 0 | (0) |
| 1936 | Walkden Primitive Methodists | ||
| 1936–1938 | Southport | 42 | (19) |
| 1938–1940 | Sheffield United | 45 | (14) |
| Total | 87 | (33) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Personal life
Hampson's brother Jimmy was also a footballer.[2] Hampson became the first Sheffield United footballer to enlist in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.[3][4] Serving as a corporal in the Royal Armoured Corps, he died of septicaemia in a "north-western military hospital" on 24 June 1942 and was buried in Peel (St Paul) Churchyard.[3][4][5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southport | 1936–37 | Third Division North[1] | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 1937–38 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 18 | ||
| Southport total | 39 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 19 | ||
| Sheffield United | 1939–40 | Second Division[1] | 39 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 |
| 1939–40 | First Division[1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sheffield United total | 42 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 87 | 32 | ||
References
- Harry Hampson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- "England Players – Jimmy Hampson". England Football Online. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978 0 7524 7188 4.
- "Death of Sheffield Forward". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 26 June 1942. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Casualty Details: Harold Hampson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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