Harry Pugh

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harry Pugh

| image =

| fullname = Henry David Pugh

| birth_date = 8 March 1875

| birth_place = Wrexham, Wales

| death_date = 1945 (aged 70)

| position = Outside right

| years1 = 1894 | clubs1 = Wrexham Grosvenor | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1895–1897 | clubs2 = Wrexham | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1897–1898 | clubs3 = Stoke | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1898–1901 | clubs4 = Lincoln City | caps4 = 91 | goals4 = 11

| nationalyears1 = 1896–1901 | nationalteam1 = Wales | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 =2

| totalcaps = 109 | totalgoals = 12

}}

David Henry "Harry" Pugh (8 March 1875 – 1945) was a Welsh footballer who played in the English Football League for Lincoln City and Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}} He was also capped seven times to the Wales national team between 1896 and 1901, and scored two goals for the team.

Career

Pugh was born in Wrexham and played for local clubs Wrexham Grosvenor and Wrexham. He joined Stoke in 1897 and played 20 matches for the club scoring once. He left for Lincoln City in March 1898 and he became a regular for the "Imps" in the Second Division playing 97 matches for the club scoring 12 goals in four years.

Pugh made seven appearances for Wales and scored two goals. He played his first match on 29 February 1896 against Ireland and his last match on 18 March 1901 against England.{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17124 |title=Harry Pugh |website=EU-Football.info |access-date=31 March 2020}}

Career statistics

=Club=

Source:{{ENFA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke

|1897–98

|First Division

|18

120201
rowspan="6"|Lincoln City

|1897–98

|Second Division

|4

10041
1898–99

|Second Division

|33

221353
1899–1900

|Second Division

|27

610286
1900–01

|Second Division

|27

240312
1901–02

|Second Division

|0

01010
colspan=2|Total

!91

11619712
colspan="3"|Career Total

!109

1210111913

=International=

Source:{{NFT player |id=62885 |name=Pugh, Harry}}

class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan=4|Wales

|1896

21
189721
190010
190120
colspan=2|Total72

References