Harold Gough
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 31 December 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
Date of death | 16 June 1970 | (aged 79)||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Spital Olympic | |||
19??–1910 | Castleford Town | ||
1910–1911 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 3 | (0) |
1911–1913 | Castleford Town | ||
1913–1924 | Sheffield United | 242 | (0) |
1924–1925 | Castleford Town | ||
1925–1926 |
Harrogate Town | ||
1926–1927 | Oldham Athletic | 4 | (0) |
1927–1928 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | (0) |
1928–1930 | Torquay United | 56 | (0) |
International career | |||
1921 | England | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Harold C. Gough (31 December 1890 – 16 June 1970) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his career with Sheffield United and Torquay United. He made one appearance in goal for the England national team in 1921.[2]
Club career
Harry Gough was born in
In 1913 he moved to Sheffield United where over the next ten years he would make 242 league appearances[3] and win an FA Cup winners' medal in 1915. This was the last major competition before football was suspended during World War I. At the end of the war, he returned to the Bramall Lane club.[2] A decision to become a publican in Castleford broke the conditions of his contract and he was suspended for six months in the summer of 1924.[2] His final game for United was a 2–0 County Cup Final victory over the Wednesday.
On the completion of his suspension in December 1924, he returned to Castleford Town, before moving to
International career
Gough won his only full England international cap on 9 April 1921 against Scotland at Hampden Park, Scotland winning 3–0.[4]
Honours
- 1915
References
- ^ Nemo (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Sheffield United". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 6.
- ^ ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
- ^ ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Scotland 3 – 0 England". Home Championship. www.englandstats.com. 9 April 1921. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
External links
- Harold Gough at Englandstats.com