Harry Salt

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{For|the Harold Salt who played for Port Vale in the same era|Harold Salt (footballer)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harry Salt

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| fullname = Harry Salt{{Cite book|title = Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last = Joyce|first = Michael|publisher = Tony Brown|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1905891610|location = Nottingham|page = 256}}

| birth_date = 20 November 1899

| birth_place = Ecclesfield, England

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1971|1899}}

| death_place = London, England

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| position = Wing half, outside left

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| youthclubs1 = Ecclesfield United

| years1 = 1921

| clubs1 = Brighton & Hove Albion

| caps1 =6

| goals1 =2

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| clubs2 = Mexborough Town

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| clubs3 = Peterborough & Fletton United

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| years5 = 1926–1927

| clubs5 = Queens Park Rangers

| caps5 = 5

| goals5 = 0

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| clubs6 = Grays Thurrock

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| years7 = 1928–1929

| clubs7 = Crystal Palace

| caps7 = 44

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 1929–1932

| clubs8 = Brentford

| caps8 = 78

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1932–1933

| clubs9 = Walsall

| caps9 =10

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| clubs10 = Yeovil & Petters United

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| clubs11 = Tunbridge Wells Rangers

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Harry Salt (20 November 1899 – 1971) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Brentford and Walsall.{{Cite book |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=140}}

Career

Salt played for Brighton & Hove Albion, Mexborough Town, Peterborough & Fletton United, Queens Park Rangers, Grays Thurrock, Crystal Palace and then Brentford.{{cite web|title=Appearances|url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/july/appearances/|website=cpfc.co.uk|accessdate=18 October 2015}} Salt made 84 appearances for the "Bees" between 1929 and 1932, helping the club to finish second in the Third Division South in 1929–30. He later played for Walsall, Yeovil & Petters United and Tunbridge Wells Rangers.

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