Bill Harvey (footballer, born 1896)

{{short description|English footballer and cricketer}}

{{for|other footballers|William Harvey (disambiguation)}}

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| fullname = William Henry Harvey

| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|12|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Netley, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1972|1896}}

| death_place = North Shields, Northumberland, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Birmingham |author=Brum |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}}

| position = Outside right

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| clubs1 = Yorkshire Amateurs

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| clubs2 = West Riding Regiment

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| years3 = 1919–1920

| clubs3 = Sheffield Wednesday

| caps3 = 19

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1921–1925

| clubs4 = Birmingham

| caps4 = 78

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 1925–1926

| clubs5 = Southend United

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

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| nationalteam1 = England Amateur

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| manageryears1 = 1927–1928

| managerclubs1 = Birmingham

| manageryears2 = 1932–1938

| managerclubs2 = Chesterfield

| manageryears3 = 1938–1939

| managerclubs3 = Gillingham

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William Henry Harvey (12 April 1896 – 1972) was an English association football player and manager. He played as an outside right in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham.{{cite book| first=Michael| last=Joyce| title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939| year=2012| orig-year=2002| publisher=SoccerData| location=Nottingham| isbn=978-1-905891-61-0| page=130}} He also played first-class cricket for Border and Warwickshire.

Early life

Harvey was born at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley, near Southampton, in 1896.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfchistory.com/managers-bill-harvey |title=Bill Harvey |publisher=Sky is Blue |access-date=22 June 2014}}

Playing career

Harvey played for Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham and Southend United. His most successful spell was at Birmingham, where he made over 70 Football League appearances.

Managerial career

Harvey managed Birmingham from 1927 to 1928,{{Cite web| url = http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=291&teamTabs=managers| title = Manager history for Birmingham City| access-date = 26 October 2011| publisher = Soccerbase}} Chesterfield from 1932 to 1938{{Cite web| url = http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=656&teamTabs=managers| title = Manager history for Chesterfield| access-date = 26 October 2011| publisher = Soccerbase}} and Gillingham from 1938 to 1939.{{Cite web| url = http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1098&teamTabs=managers| title = Manager history for Gillingham| access-date = 26 October 2011| publisher = Soccerbase

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He died in North Shields, which was then in Northumberland, in 1972.

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