Harry Hampson

Harold Hampson (8 June 1918 – 24 June 1942) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Southport and Sheffield United.[1]

Harry Hampson

Personal information
Full name	Harold Hampson
Date of birth	8 June 1918[1]
Place of birth	Little Hulton, England[1]
Date of death	24 June 1942 (aged 24)
Place of death	United Kingdom
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934	Walkden Primitive Methodists
1935–1936	Everton	0	(0)
1936	Walkden Primitive Methodists
1936–1938	Southport	42	(19)
1938–1940	Sheffield United	45	(14)
Total		87	(33)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Hampson's brother Jimmy was also a footballer.[2] Hampson became the first Sheffield United footballer to enlist in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War and was evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940.[3][4] Serving as a corporal in the Royal Armoured Corps, he died of septicaemia in a "north-western military hospital" on 24 June 1942 and was buried in Peel (St Paul) Churchyard.[3][4][5]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southport	1936–37	Third Division North[1]	7	1	2	0	9	1
	1937–38		32	18	1	0	33	18
Southport total			39	19	3	0	42	19
Sheffield United	1939–40	Second Division[1]	39	13	4	0	43	13
	1939–40	First Division[1]	3	0	0	0	3	0
Sheffield United total			42	13	4	0	46	13
Career total			80	32	7	0	87	32

References

1. Harry Hampson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
2. "England Players – Jimmy Hampson". England Football Online. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
3. Rippon, Anton (2011). Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain During the Second World War. Cheltenham: The History Press. p. 118. ISBN 978 0 7524 7188 4.
4. "Death of Sheffield Forward". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 26 June 1942. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Casualty Details: Harold Hampson". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2020.