Harry Speed

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| full_name = Henry Speed

| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|08|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Castleford, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|07|03|1871|08|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Pontefract, England

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| position = Forward

| repyears1 = 1894–96

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 4

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Henry Speed (19 August 1871 – 3 July 1937) was an English international rugby union player.

Speed played for Castleford RFC and was one of four forwards from the club that turned out for England in the period from 1894 and 1896. This included Jack Rhodes, who was best man at Speed's wedding. He gained a total of four England caps. His career with Castleford RFC continued after it became a rugby league club.{{cite news |title=Football Gossip |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/794275977 |work=Hull Evening News |date=8 February 1897}}{{cite news |title=Famous Footballer |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003150/19370706/188/0009 |work=Bradford Observer |date=6 July 1937}}

A licensee in Castleford, Speed also spent a period serving on the Castleford Urban District Council.{{cite news |title=Death of Mr. H. Speed |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19370705/302/0011 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=5 July 1937}}

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