Harry Yorston

{{short description|Scottish footballer (1929–1992)}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Harry Yorston

| fullname = Henry Bowmaker Yorston{{cite web |title=Henry Bowmaker Yorston death record |url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/85864415063cf6a78a3c2f |website=Scotland's People |access-date=24 January 2023}}

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|06|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|05|17|1929|06|09|df=y}}

| death_place = Aberdeen, Scotland

| height =

| position = Inside right

| youthyears1 = –1947

| youthclubs1 = St. Clements

| years1 = 1947–1957

| clubs1 = Aberdeen

| caps1 = 202

| goals1 = 98

| years2 = 1957–?

| clubs2 = Buckie Thistle

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1952

| nationalteam1 = Scottish Football League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1954

| nationalteam2 = Scotland

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Henry Bowmaker Yorston (9 June 1929 – 17 May 1992) was a Scottish professional football player, who played for Aberdeen, and represented Scotland once.{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/henryyorston.html|title=Henry Yorston|work=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=18 February 2010}} Yorston made over 200 league appearances for Aberdeen, scoring 98 goals.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/aberdeen/aberdeen.html|title=ABERDEEN : 1946/47 – 2008/09|work= Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database|accessdate=18 February 2010}} His uncle Benny was also a professional footballer who, like his nephew, played for Aberdeen and the Scotland national side.

Yorston retired from professional football at the age of 28 after being offered a lucrative fish market porter job in Aberdeen.{{Cite book| last = Webster| first = Jack| title = The First 100 Years of the Dons| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton| year = 2003| pages = 205–206| isbn = 0-340-82344-5 }} In 1972, he won £175,000 on the football pools. He died from brain cancer on 17 May 1992, at the age of 62.{{cite news |last1=Drysdale |first1=Neil |title=Harry Yorston: The Aberdeen FC 'Golden Boy' who won the pools in 1972 |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/3812913/harry-yorston-aberdeen-fc/ |access-date=24 January 2023 |publisher=The Press and Journal |date=6 January 2022}}{{cite news |title=Golden Boy Yorston |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=24 January 2023 |publisher=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=18 May 1992}}