Harold Fitzpatrick
{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Harold Fitzpatrick
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| full_name = Henry James Fitzpatrick
| height = 5 ft 8 in{{cite news |title=Players' migrations – Latest intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003159/19080507/094/0004 |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Sporting Chronicle |date=7 May 1908 |page=4 |quote=Harry Fitzpatrick to Chesterfield. He stands 5ft. 8in. and weighs 11st. 12lb. He came to Liverpool from Luton last season, and on his few appearances with the League team showed most promising form at inside left. |via=Newspapers.com}} {{closed access}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|12|19|df=y}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|6|6|1880|12|19|df=y}}
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| position = Forward
| years1 = 1897–1900
| clubs1 = Garston Gas Works Reserves
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| years2 = 1902–1905
| clubs2 = Gordon Highlanders
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| years3 = 1906–1907
| clubs3 = Luton Town
| caps3 = 20
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 1907–1908
| clubs4 = Liverpool
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1908–1909
| clubs5 = Chesterfield
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 1
| totalcaps = 41
| totalgoals = 10
| module = {{Infobox military person
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| serviceyears = 1901–1902
1914–1918
| battles = World War I
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| unit = {{ublist|Gordon Highlanders}}
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Henry James Fitzpatrick (19 December 1880 – 6 June 1942),{{cite news |title=Obituary: Fitzpatrick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101255762/obituary-for-james-fitzpatrick/ |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=9 June 1942 |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} also known as Harry Fitzpatrick was a British footballer who played as a forward.{{cite news |title=Liverpool |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000986/19070826/056/0005 |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Athletic News |date=26 August 1907 |page=5 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} {{closed access}} He served with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Career
He played for the Scottish Regiment Gordon Highlanders and was noted as "star forward for the regiment team."{{cite web |url=https://www.hattersheritage.co.uk/harold-fitzpatrick |title=Harold Fitzpatrick |website=hattersheritage.co.uk |accessdate=7 May 2022 }} He was signed by Luton Town in 1905. His debut for the Hatters was a Southern League away game against Bristol Rovers which Luton won 1–0.{{cite web |url=https://www.hattersheritage.co.uk/bristol-rovers-vs-luton-town-19061907 |title=Bristol Rovers 0 – 1 Luton Town |website=hattersheritage.co.uk |accessdate=7 May 2022 }}
In 1907 Fitzpatrick was brought by Liverpool for a "sizeable fee". In his debut on 12 October 1907 he scored the only game in the game against Sunderland.{{cite web |title=Liverpool career stats for Harold Fitzpatrick |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/619 |website=lfchistory.net |access-date=6 May 2022}} He was on the score sheet again for Liverpool against Sheffield Wednesday, but he wasn't as prolific in the reverse and fell out of favour. After the season, he transferred to Chesterfield.{{cite news |title=Players signed and transferred |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/19080507/169/0011 |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Manchester Courier |date=7 May 1908 |page=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} {{closed access}}
He served with the Gordon Highlanders at Mons during World War I where he was captured in 1915. He was a prisoner of war in Germany until early 1918 when he was among thousands of prisoners who were allowed to go to the Netherlands that year, where he stayed until the end of the war. During his stay there he coached Zaanlandsche Voetbal Vereeniging from Zaandam in the second Division of the Old Dutch league until he left by train on 17 November 1918, six days after the surrender of Germany.{{cite news |title=Played for Liverpool |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101255844/player-for-liverpool-henry-james/ |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Liverpool Echo |date=8 June 1942 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/619 LFC History profile]
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Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Luton Town F.C. players
Category:Chesterfield F.C. players
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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