Albert Harris (16 September 1912 – 1995) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who made 92 appearances in the Football League playing on the wing for Hull City,

Newcastle United Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

and

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

in the 1930s. He also played for

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clubs Hetton United, Herrington Swifts, and Blackhall Colliery Welfare, and for

Scunthorpe & Lindsey United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The te ...

. Harris represented Durham Schools at under-15 level, playing for the team for two seasons, 1925–26 and 1926–27, rather than the customary one. During the 1937–38 season, Harris and fellow forward

Albert Brallisford Albert Brallisford (9 October 1911 – 1991) was an English professional footballer. A centre forward, he played for several Football League clubs in the 1930s. Career After beginning in local football with West Hartlepool Perseverance and Tr ...

were invited to "explain their recent poor form" to Darlington's chairman and manager; while Harris's Darlington career continued, Brallisford never played for the club again.

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1912 births 1995 deaths People from Horden Footballers from County Durham English men's footballers Men's association football outside forwards Hull City A.F.C. players Blackhall Colliery Welfare F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players English Football League players Date of death missing {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub