Harry SAVAGE (1921-1922) Winger
Harry SAVAGE (1921-1922) Winger Born Frodsham, Cheshire, 5 January 1897 Died Runcorn, Cheshire, 1968 Watford Career Football League: 7 appearances (1 goal) Début: 0-1 away defeat v Charlton Athletic, Football League Div 3 (South), 12 Nov 1921 Final game: 2-2 home draw v Swindon Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 22 Apr 1922 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 4; all competitions 4 Career Path Army football during the First World War; Crewe Alexandra (1919); Sheffield United (£750 May 1920); WATFORD (£250 June 1921 until close season 1922); Frodsham; Connah’s Quay (January 1924); Mold Town (July 1925); Frodsham (September 1926) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1920/21 Sheffield United 10 Football League Division 1 – 20th of 22 1921/22 WATFORD 7 1 Football League Division 3 (South) – 7th of 22 A winger on whom the club wasted what was then their record fee, although it was only half the original asking price. He’d played amateur football before the Great War, and army football during it, and on joining Sheffield United went straight into their First Division line-up. Watford retained his League registration for a second season and transfer-listed him at a valuation of £200 (subsequently reduced to £100), but his brief career in the Football League was over. Birth (M1897) & death (D1968) indexes OK, probate nothing. 1901 census: Marsh Green, Frodsham, Harry, 4, b Frodsham, parents Joseph & Mary. 1911 census: Marsh Green Frodsham, Harry, 14, nephew of head of household – Mary Savage, 64, widow. 1939 Register: 2 Alvanley Terrace, Runcorn, born 5 Jan 1897, road locomotive driver, wife Dorothy (she was Dorothy Hayes before they married at Runcorn D1925).
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