Harold Spencer Edmondson (12 November 1903 – c.1982) was a Huddersfield-born professional

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footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at club level for Bramley and

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, as a .

Playing career

Club career

Harold Edmondson, the youngest footballer to have played first-class rugby league, aged 15 years 81 days, made his début for Bramley and scored a

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against

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on Saturday 1 February 1919, he transferred from Bramley to

during 1922, and he fractured his

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(collar-bone) while making a tackle on Saturday 5 September 1925, and he retired from rugby league during 1926. According to a 2019 article by Martyn Cheney "Harold Edmondson’s claim to fame lay dormant for almost seventy years. It had generally been accepted that

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at 15 years 175 days of age on his debut for Huddersfield in 1906 was the youngest player to have figured in first-class Rugby League. Waggie’s claim is now obsolete as it has been conclusively shown that Harold Edmondson, still a schoolboy, played stand-off for Bramley against Bradford Northern on 1st February 1919 aged only 15 years 81 days where he celebrated with his first try for the club in his only appearance that season." Harold won th
Yorkshire Challenge Cup Runner's Up medal
when playing for Huddersfield on 24 November 1923.

Post playing

After marriage to Marjorie Wilson and a successful career as a technical dyer, Harold died in Halifax in c.1982. He left two children, Christine and

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, and five grandchildren.

References

External links

Search for "Edmundson" at rugbyleagueproject.orgSearch for "Harold Edmondson" at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
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