Harry Higginbotham
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 July 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Ashfield, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 3 June 1950 (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Springburn, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Kilsyth Rangers | |||
| 1916–1919 | St Mirren | 58 | (7) |
| 1919–1920 |
South Shields | 7 | (0) |
| 1920–1923 | Luton Town | 80 | (25) |
| 1923–1924 | Clapton Orient | 19 | (1) |
| 1924 | Nelson | 4 | (0) |
| 1924–1925 | Reading | 24 | (3) |
| 1925–1926 | Mid Rhondda | ? | (?) |
| 1926 | Pontypridd | ? | (?) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harry B. Higginbotham (27 July 1894 – 3 June 1950)inside forward.
Career
Born in
outside right for the Buddies for two seasons during World War I[3][4] (the Scottish Football League continued during the conflict for morale reasons) he made no appearances in a third campaign despite still being contracted to the Paisley club;[5] this was possibly related to wartime commitments elsewhere, and he made guest appearances for several clubs including Hibernian and Third Lanark in Scotland and Fulham and Millwall in London.[citation needed
]
In 1919 Higginbotham joined
Clapton Orient and went on to score once in 19 appearances for the team.[7]
A year later, in February 1924, Higginbotham was signed by Nelson as the team battled to avoid relegation from the Second Division. He made his debut on 23 February 1924 in a 2–0 defeat away at Bury. Higginbotham went on to make three more league appearances for Nelson, including a 1–0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 8 March.[2] He left at the end of the 1923–24 season and subsequently joined Reading. During a single season with the Royals, he played 24 league matches and scored three goals.[7] Higginbotham then had spells in Welsh football with Mid Rhondda and Pontypridd before returning to Scotland.[2]
References
- ^ "The lure of promotion. Clapton Orient". Athletic News. Manchester. 13 August 1923. p. 6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905891-29-0.
- ^ 1916-17 Archived 3 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, StMirren.info. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ 1917-18 Archived 3 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, StMirren.info. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Harry Higginbotham, Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ ISBN 1-899468-67-6.