John Hamer (born 5 April 1944) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
left half
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
Born in
Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
, Hamer played for
Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes.
Th ...
and
Harrogate Railway Athletic
Harrogate Railway Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Station View.
History
The club was established in 1935 by employees of the London and Nor ...
.
For Bradford City he made 1 appearance in
the Football League
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.
[Frost, p. 383]
Sources
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References
1944 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Bradford City A.F.C. players
Harrogate Railway Athletic F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football wing halves
Footballers from Bradford
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