Harry Dawson (association footballer)
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{infobox football biography
| name = Harry Dawson
| image =
| height =
| birth_date = Q1 1886{{cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown |location=Nottingham |isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=71}}
| birth_place = Bolton, Lancashire, England
| death_date =
| position = Outside left
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Bolton St Luke's
| youthyears2 = 1905–1906
| youthclubs2 = Atherton Church House
| years1 = 1906–1908
| clubs1 = Rossendale United
| caps1 = 74
| goals1 = 14
| years2 = 1908–1909
| clubs2 = Everton
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1909–1911
| clubs3 = Blackpool
| caps3 = 26
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 1911
| clubs4 = West Ham United
| caps4 = 10
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1911–1912
| clubs5 = Croydon Common
| caps5 = 17
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 1912–1913
| clubs6 = West Ham United
| caps6 = 22
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 1913–1916
| clubs7 = Croydon Common
| caps7 = 10
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1920
| clubs8 = Gillingham
| caps8 = 2
| goals8 = 0
}}
Harold Dawson (born 1886) was an English professional footballer. An outside left, he played in the Football League for Everton and Blackpool.
Career
After a spell at Croydon Common,{{Cite web |url=http://www.croydoncommon.com/DAWSON_Harold.pdf |title=Croydon Common Football Club – Biographies – Dawson Harold |access-date=17 June 2019}} Dawson played his first Southern League First Division game for West Ham United on 16 March 1912, against Luton Town.{{cite web| url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=177&united=Harold_Dawson| title=Harold Dawson| website=westhamstats.info| accessdate=27 December 2017}} He scored on his home debut a week later, against Bristol Rovers. He scored his second goal for West Ham in the first game of the 1912–13 season, against Exeter City, and his third and final goal for the club also came against West Country opposition when he scored against Plymouth Argyle on 5 October 1912. The last of his 22 appearances came against Merthyr Town on 18 January 1913. He returned to Croydon Common thereafter.{{cite book|last=Hogg |first=Tony |year=2005 |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |publisher=Profile Sports Media |isbn=1-903135-50-8|page=60}}
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Category:Year of death missing
Category:Footballers from Bolton
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football outside forwards
Category:Rossendale United F.C. players
Category:Blackpool F.C. players
Category:Croydon Common F.C. players
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:English Football League players