Harry Hanger
Personal information
Full name Harold Hanger[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Kettering, England
Date of death 23 March 1918 (aged 31–32)[2]
Place of death Somme, France
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Kettering Town
1903–1905 Northampton Town
1905–1906 Kettering Town
1906–1909 Bradford City 73 (3)
1909 → Kettering Town (loan)
1909–1915 Crystal Palace 168 (7)
Total 241 (10)
International career
Southern League XI 1
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Hanger (1886 – 23 March 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre half.[1]

Career

Hanger was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, and began his career with Kettering Town.[3] He went on to play for Bradford City, Crystal Palace and Northampton Town.[4][5]

For Bradford City, he made 73 appearances in the Football League; he also made six FA Cup appearances.[6]

For Crystal Palace, he made 168 appearances in the Southern League; he also made 10 FA Cup appearances.[7]

Hanger left Crystal Palace to undertake military service in World War I.[8][9] He served as a private in the 5th Royal Irish Lancers and was killed in action in France on 23 March 1918.[10] He is commemorated on the Pozières Memorial.[2]

Personal life

Hanger's brother Percy was also a footballer.[11]

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988. Breedon Books. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
  • Harris, Clive; Whippy, Julian (2008). The Greater Game: Sporting Icons Who Fell in The Great War. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 9781844157624.
  • King, Ian (2012). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905–2011. Derby Books. ISBN 978-1-78091-221-9.
  • Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel (1989). Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. Breedon Books. ISBN 0907969542.

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 125. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. ↑ King, p. 540
  4. ↑ Frost, p. 397
  5. ↑ "Profile". Holmesdale.net. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Frost, p. 383
  7. ↑ King, p. 541
  8. ↑ Purkiss and Sands, p. 309
  9. ↑ "1905–1920: SOUTHERN LEAGUE DAYS". Crystal Palace F.C. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Harold Hanger | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Hanger Harry Image 2 Crystal Palace 1913". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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