Harry Wilding

{{short description|English footballer}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Harry Wilding

|image=

|fullname=Harry Thomas Oulton Wilding

|birth_date= {{birth date|1894|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wolverhampton, England

|death_date= {{death date and age|1958|12|12|1894|06|27|df=y}}

|height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}{{cite news |title=First Division prospects. Chelsea |author=Achates |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=22 August 1921 |page=5}}

|position= Centre half

|youthyears1=

|youthclubs1=

| years1 = | years2 = 1919–1928 | years3 = 1928 | years4 =

| clubs1 = Grenadier Guards | clubs2 = Chelsea | clubs3 = Tottenham Hotspur | clubs4 =Bristol Rovers

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 241 | goals2 = 22 | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 1 | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

}}

Harry Thomas Oulton Wilding (27 June 1894 – 1958) was an English professional footballer who played for the Grenadier Guards, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol Rovers.{{cite book |title= Football League Players' Records 1888-1939|last=Joyce |first= Michael |year=2004 |publisher=soccerdata |isbn= 1-899468-63-3|page= 280}}

Football career

Wilding played football while serving with the Grenadier Guards. In 1919 he joined Chelsea where he played in a total of 265 matches and scored on 25 occasions in all competitions.[http://chelsea2.chelseafc.com/cgi-bin/playersearch.pl Chelsea F.C. players' database] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027005920/http://chelsea2.chelseafc.com/cgi-bin/playersearch.pl |date=27 October 2010 }} Retrieved 22 August 2009 The centre half signed for Tottenham Hotspur in 1928 and featured in 12 matches and scored one goal.[http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players] Retrieved 3 December 2012 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html |date=15 April 2009 }} After leaving White Hart Lane, Wilding joined Bristol Rovers where he ended his playing career.

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