Harry Shaw (22 May 1905 – 14 June 1984) was an English

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who played for

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as a full-back. He was born in Hednesford,

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

, England.

Club career

Staffordshire-born

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Harry Shaw played for

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

in 1922 before joining recently relegated local professional club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer of 1923. He made his Football League debut at

Chesterfield FC Chesterfield Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Chesterfiel ...

the same August and immediately become a first-team regular at

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. In his first season, he played 37 League matches as Wolves won the Third Division (North) Championship and gained immediate promotion back to the Second Division. He continued as a regular in the Wolves first team until February 1930, when he was signed by First Division Sunderland after 249 appearances for Wolves. He made his debut for Sunderland against

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on 22 February 1930 in a 3–0 defeat at

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. He played for Sunderland from 1930 until 1935, making 195 league appearances and scoring 4 goals.

References

Harry Shaw's careers stats
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