Roly Harper

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Roly Harper
Personal information
Full name Rowland Richard George Harper
Date of birth April 1881
Place of birth Lichfield, England
Date of death August 1949 (1949-09) (aged 68)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Position(s)
Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Walsall Wood
1904–1907 Small Heath / Birmingham[a] 22 (1)
1907 Burton United 0 (0)
1907–1908 Aston Villa 2 (0)
1908–1910 Notts County 10 (1)
1910–19?? Mansfield Invicta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rowland Richard George Harper (April 1881 – August 1949) was an English professional footballer who made 34 appearances in the First Division of the Football League playing for Birmingham, Aston Villa and Notts County.[2]

Harper was born in

non-league football with Mansfield Invicta.[2][3] Harper died in Birmingham in August 1949 at the age of 68.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Small Heath was renamed Birmingham ahead of the 1905–06 season.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Small Heath". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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  4. ^ Matthews, p. 152.
  5. ^ "Burton United". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  6. ^ a b "Harper, Rowland Richard George (Roly)". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 17 March 2009.