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William Harrison (footballer, Born 1858)
William Harrison (1858-1890) was an English association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for Redcar and Coatham F.C., Redcar, Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday F.C., The Wednesday and Blackburn Olympic F.C., Blackburn Olympic. Life and career Harrison was born in 1858 in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster. He worked as an elementary school inspector and moved to Redcar in the 1870s to find work alongside his brother Thomas. He helped to establish the town's first football club, Redcar and Coatham F.C., Redcar and Coatham where he became captain. By 1882, Harrison was regarded as one of the best forwards in the North of England, with Charles W. Alcock, Charles Alcock's Football Annual listing him as one of the "chief English players of 1881-82." Thanks to his growing reputation, the same year Harrison was selected to represent the North in the annual North vs South football match at Kennington Oval, used as a trial m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harrison
William Harrison may refer to: Politicians * William Harrison (Canadian politician) (1834–1922), saddlemaker, historian and reeve of Richmond Hill, Ontario * William Harrison (MP) (baptised 1619 –1643), English Member of Parliament and Royalist soldier * William Harrison Jr. (c. 1750–1789), delegate for Maryland in the U.S. Continental Congress of 1786 and 1787 * William A. Harrison (1795–1870), Virginia politician, West Virginia founder and Supreme Court Justice * William Alistair Harrison (born 1954), Governor of Anguilla * William B. Harrison (1889–1948), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky * William C. Harrison, chairman of North Carolina board of education * William H. Harrison (Wyoming politician) (1894–1991), Wyoming politician in the state house of representatives * William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), ninth president of the United States * William Henry Harrison III (1896–1990), American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Wyoming * Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
