Henry North Haslam (5 June 1879 – 13 October 1942) was a British footballer who played as an outside-left. He represented Great Britain at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, where he won a gold medal as the captain of the Upton Park club team.[2][3]
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| Full name | Henry North Haslam | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1879 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 13 October 1942 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Outside-left[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Worksop | |||||||||||||||||
| Tonbridge | |||||||||||||||||
| Tunbridge Wells | |||||||||||||||||
| Upton Park | |||||||||||||||||
| Barnet | |||||||||||||||||
| West Norwood | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1900 | Great Britain | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Born in Worksop, his father was the estate manager for the Duke of Newcastle's estates in Newark and Nottingham. Haslam attended Uppingham School and played football and cricket for Worksop.[2]
He played for Tonbridge, with whom he toured Belgium in 1900, and with Upton Park during four continental tours. He also played for Tunbridge Wells, Barnet, and West Norwood.[2]
Haslam was a reservist with the West Yorkshire Regiment between 1915 and 1920. In 1926, he was convicted for shopbreaking and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour, and in 1937 was imprisoned for three months for theft.[2]
References
edit- ^ Morrison, Ian. "GB Olympic Champions 1896–2012 – Football: HASLAM, N H". gbolympics.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henry Haslam". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Henry Haslam". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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