Harry Johnson (8 August 1913 – 1976) 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 played at left-back for

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 ...

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

, and

Hartlepools United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Har ...

in the 1930s.

Career

Johnson played for Walker Park, before joining

in 1933. He spent four years at the club, making five league appearances. During his time at St James' Park, the "Magpies" were relegated out of the First Division in 1933–34 and made unsuccessfully pushes for promotion in 1934–35, 1935–36, and 1936–37. He signed with

in June 1937. He made 21

Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to ...

and cup appearances in the 1937–38 season, before he was transferred away from

The Old Recreation Ground The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. Structure and facilities The stadium was in rather bad conditio ...

Style of play

Johnson was a tough- tackling left-back.

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Harry 1913 births 1976 deaths Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Newcastle United F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players English Football League players