Harry Wallbanks
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harold Wallbanks[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1921 | ||
Place of birth | Chopwell, England | ||
Date of death | April 1993[1] | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Whitehaven, England | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1938 | Chopwell Colliery | ||
1938–1949 | Fulham | 33 | (1) |
1944–1945 | → Sunderland (guest) | 21 | (0) |
1949–1952 | Southend United | 39 | (2) |
1952–1953 | Workington | 26 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harold Wallbanks (27 July 1921 – April 1993), sometimes known as Choppy Wallbanks,[2] was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Fulham, Southend United and Workington.[1] He played as a guest for Sunderland during the Second World War.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Wallbanks' brothers Fred, John, Horace and Jimmy also became footballers.[5] He worked as a miner in Northumberland during the Second World War.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Harry Wallbanks". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Fulham and the Second World War Part 4 – Season 1945/46". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Fulham and the Second World War Part 3 – Seasons 1943/44-1944/45". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Harry Wallbanks". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ Matthews, Tony (2005). Football Oddities. Stroud: The History Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7524-9376-3.
Categories:
- English Football League players
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wing halves
- 1921 births
- 1993 deaths
- Footballers from Gateshead
- Fulham F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- English miners
- Sunderland A.F.C. wartime guest players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1920s birth stubs