Harold Hassall

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harold Hassall

| image = Nederland tegen Engeland Oud-Internationals te Groningen, de engelsman Herald Ha, Bestanddeelnr 915-2076.jpg

| caption = Hassall (1963)

| fullname = Harold William Hassall

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|3|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bolton, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|30|1929|3|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Bolton, England

| position = Forward

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = 1948–1952 | years2 = 1952–1955

| clubs1 = Huddersfield Town | clubs2 = Bolton Wanderers

| caps1 = 74 | goals1 = 26 | caps2 = 102 | goals2 = 34

| totalcaps=176 | totalgoals = 60

| nationalyears1= 1951–1953

| nationalteam1= England

| nationalcaps1= 5

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| manageryears1 = 1969–1970

| managerclubs1 = Malaysia

}}

Harold William Hassall (4 March 1929 – 30 January 2015) was a professional footballer, who played as a forward for Huddersfield Town and Bolton Wanderers in the 1940s and 1950s.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/haroldhassall.html |title=Harold Hassall |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=9 December 2016}}

Harold was one of four Hassall brothers. He lived relatively near to where he was born.{{cite news|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/11763830.Ex_England_and_Wanderers_striker_Harold_Hassall_passes_away__aged_85/|title=Ex-England and Bolton Wanderers striker Harold Hassall dies, aged 85|publisher=The Bolton News|date=31 January 2015}} He also played 5 matches for England, in which he scored 4 goals.

He coached Malaysia national football team from 1969 to 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.football-england.com/harold_hassall.html |title=Harold Hassall |work=Football England |publisher= |accessdate=10 April 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722134352/http://www.football-england.com/harold_hassall.html |archivedate=22 July 2012 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|url=http://lesrosbifs.net/2011/01/englishmen-in-singapore-and-malaysia-coaches-with-links-to-watford-tottenham-hotspur-wigan/ |title=Englishmen in Singapore and Malaysia: Coaches with links to Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan |work=Les Rosbifs |publisher= |accessdate=10 April 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228183253/http://lesrosbifs.net/2011/01/englishmen-in-singapore-and-malaysia-coaches-with-links-to-watford-tottenham-hotspur-wigan/ |archivedate=28 December 2011 |df=dmy }}

Harold's career was ended earlier than expected due to a serious knee injury picked up during his Bolton days on New Year's Day 1955.

He died in Bolton on 30 January 2015.