Harry Freeman (footballer)

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Harry Freeman
Personal information
Full name Harold Freeman
Date of birth (1918-11-04)4 November 1918
Place of birth England
Date of death 19 March 1997(1997-03-19) (aged 78)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1952 Fulham 179 (7)
1952–1953 Walsall 21 (1)
Dover
1954–1956 Ashford Town 41 (3)
Managerial career
1955–1956 Ashford Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Freeman (4 November 1918 – 19 March 1997) was a professional association footballer who played as a full back. He played for Fulham[1] between 1937 and 1952 (although this spell was split by the outbreak of the Second World War. He played 179 league matches and scored 7 goals. He made 190 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 8 goals. He spent about 3 years based at Kempston Barracks in Bedfordshire, he was married to Olive who moved up and stayed with Mr and Mrs Childerly in Margetts Rd.

After leaving Fulham his League career continued at Walsall,[1] after which he played non-league football at Dover and initially as a player then player-manager at Ashford Town (Kent).[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Harry Freeman". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Harry Freeman Player Profile". The Nuts and Bolts Archive. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Down Memory Lane with Alan & Audrey Lancaster". Ashford Town Football Club: Souvenir Programme Last Game to be Played at Essella Park. 2 May 1987.