John HARROP (1956‐1960) Full‐back Born Manchester, Lancashire, 25 June 1929 Died Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, 18 February 1977 Watford Career Football League: 111 appearances FA Cup: 6 appearances Southern Floodlight Cup: 7 appearances Début: 3‐0 away win v Gillingham, Football League Div 3 (South), 18 Aug 1956 Final game: 1‐2 away defeat v Torquay United, Football League Div 4, 27 Feb 1960 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 51; all competitions 49 Career Path Charlton Athletic (amateur September 1949); Swansea Town (professional August 1952); WATFORD (undisclosed fee July 1956); Hastings United (July 1960); Tunbridge Wells (close season 1961); applied for a permit to play as an amateur for Potten End (September 1969) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1952/53 Swansea Town 1 Football League Division 2 – 11th of 22 1953/54 Swansea Town 9 Football League Division 2 – 20th of 22 1956/57 WATFORD 38 Football League Division 3 (South) – 11th of 24 1957/58 WATFORD 29 Football League Division 3 (South) – 16th of 24 (Relegated) 1958/59 WATFORD 40 Football League Division 4 – 15th of 24 1959/60 WATFORD 4 Football League Division 4 – 4th of 24 (Promoted) His last six first‐team appearances for Watford all ended in defeat, but by then Jack Harrop had given three seasons of good service at left‐back, although like Steve Harrison (his alphabetical immediate predecessor) he played over a hundred games in that position without scoring. He succeeded Frank Mitchell as cricket coach at Dulwich College in May 1957, and in 1960 was appointed captain of Watford Town CC. Known as “Jack”. Birth & death indexes and probate all OK. (Birth index has “John”, but death & probate, also FL card, “Jack”. Said to have been with Man Utd before Charlton, but no FL reg. (Possibly youth‐team?) Watford retained his registration FL registration cs 1961. His application for a permit to play for Potten End was made against medical advice. Vice‐captain of Watford Town CC 1959, and captain 1960. 5 ft 10 ins. 11 st. John HARTBURN (1949-1951) Winger Born Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, 20 December 1920 Died Bournemouth, Dorset, 22 January 2001 Watford Career Football League: 66 appearances (19 goals, including 4 penalties) FA Cup: 5 appearances (2 goals) Début: 1-1 away draw v Ipswich Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 3 Sep 1949 Final game: 0-6 away defeat v Northampton Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 3 Mar 1951 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 43; all competitions 44 Career Path Bishop Auckland (June 1939); Yeovil Town (close season 1946); Queens Park Rangers (March 1947); WATFORD (£1,000 September 1949); Millwall (£2,500 March 1951); Leyton Orient (June 1954); Guildford City (July 1958); Yiewsley (December 1958); Leyton Orient (programme editor, then commercial manager for 4 years); Fulham commercial manager (9 years); WATFORD commercial manager July 1976 until March 1981); Barnet (commercial manager circa 1982, honorary secretary until circa 1987) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1947/48 Queens Park Rangers 31 6 Football League Division 3 (South) – 1st of 22 (Promoted) 1948/49 Queens Park Rangers 27 5 Football League Division 2 – 13th of 22 1949/50 WATFORD 34 6 Football League Division 3 (South) – 6th of 22 1950/51 WATFORD 32 13 Football League Division 3 (South) – 23rd of 24 1950/51 Millwall 14 2 Football League Division 3 (South) – 5th of 24 1951/52 Millwall 42 13 Football League Division 3 (South) – 4th of 24 1952/53 Millwall 25 9 Football League Division 3 (South) – 2nd of 24 1953/54 Millwall 23 6 Football League Division 3 (South) – 12th of 24 1954/55 Leyton Orient 39 10 Football League Division 3 (South) – 2nd of 24 1955/56 Leyton Orient 40 20 Football League Division 3 (South) – 1st of 24 (Promoted) 1956/57 Leyton Orient 14 1 Football League Division 2 – 15th of 22 1957/58 Leyton Orient 19 5 Football League Division 2 – 12th of 22 Despite his north-east origins, he was a footballer very much of the south of England, and a familiar figure on the Division 3 (South) circuit. A small winger with a good scoring record, Johnny Hartburn hit one of the fastest hat-tricks in Football League history in 1954/55 for Leyton Orient: Shrewsbury Town were beaten 5-0 and the treble was timed at 3½ minutes. The following campaign was his most prolific, his 20 League goals helping him to win a Southern Section championship medal for the second time, eight years after the Queens Park Rangers triumph in his first season in the Football League. Known as “Johnny”. Birth & death indexes and probate all OK. Widow Lynne died Royal Bournemouth Hospital 25 Jan 2011 (mother of Neil, grandmother of Wendy & Karen). Resigned as Watford commercial manager Mar 1981 and took employment outside the game. Scored a goal for Millwall 19/9/1951 with which he was not credited at the time - see AFS Report 113, page 84. League total for Millwall was therefore 30, not 29. Hat-trick in 3½ mins for Leyton Orient v Shrewsbury, January 1955. Died at home: 60 Glamis Avenue, Northbourne, Bournemouth, BH10 6DP. His widow died 25 Jan 2011. 5 ft 5 ins. Barry HARTLE (1958‐1960) Inside‐forward Born Salford, Lancashire, 8 August 1939 Watford Career Football League: 39 appearances (7 goals) FA Cup: 6 appearances (1 goal) Début: 2‐4 away defeat v Shrewsbury Town, Football League Div 4, 13 Dec 1958 Final game: 1‐3 home defeat v Aldershot, Football League Div 4, 2 Apr 1960 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 18; all competitions 23 Career Path Salford Boys’ Club; WATFORD (amateur August 1956, professional August 1956); Sheffield United (“just under £3,000” June 1960); Carlisle United (July 1966); Stockport County (September 1967); Oldham Athletic (June 1970); Southport (free July 1971, released close season 1972); Macclesfield Town (by October 1973) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1958/59 WATFORD 5 1 Football League Division 4 – 15th of 24 1959/60 WATFORD 34 6 Football League Division 4 – 4th of 24 (Promoted) 1960/61 Sheffield United 3 Football League Division 2 – 2nd of 22 (Promoted) 1961/62 Sheffield United 14 2 Football League Division 1 – 5th of 22 1962/63 Sheffield United 22 5 Football League Division 1 – 10th of 22 1963/64 Sheffield United 10 Football League Division 1 – 12th of 22 1964/65 Sheffield United 39 7 Football League Division 1 – 19th of 22 1965/66 Sheffield United 13 2 Football League Division 1 – 9th of 22 1966/67 Carlisle United 26 1 1 Football League Division 2 – 3rd of 22 1967/68 Carlisle United 2 Football League Division 2 – 10th of 22 1967/68 Stockport County 11 1 Football League Division 3 – 13th of 24 1968/69 Stockport County 42 Football League Division 3 – 9th of 24 1969/70 Stockport County 35 Football League Division 3 – 24th of 24 (Relegated) 1970/71 Oldham Athletic 8 1 2 Football League Division 4 – 3rd of 24 (Promoted) 1971/72 Southport 37 4 6 Football League Division 4 – 7th of 24 Possessing far more skill than brawn, Barry Hartle was the creative component, at inside‐left, of the Holton‐inspired 1959/60 promotion team. He left at the end of that season to join Sheffield United and remained back in the north of England for the rest of his career – mainly as a left‐winger. He was later a self‐employed taxi‐driver in Stockport, where he became a great‐ grandfather while still in his sixties. Known as “Barry”. Birth index OK. Driving his own taxi and living in Stockport in 1992 ‐ address 29 Edenhurst Rd, Mile End, Stockport (061‐483 8822). A great‐grandfather and still living in Stockport in August 2008. Ht 5 ft 9 ins. Wt 11 st. Thomas William HARTLEY (1948) Inside‐forward Born Gatehead, County Durham, 7 May 1917 Died Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 14 January 1984 Watford Career Football League: 6 appearances (1 goal) Début: 1‐1 home draw v Northampton Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 31 Jan 1948 Final game: 0‐3 away defeat v Swindon Town, Football League Div 3 (South), 26 Mar 1948 Longest run of consecutive appearances: Football League 5; all competitions 5 Career Path Birtley Boys’ Club; Shipley Villa; Gateshead (amateur February 1936 until close season 1937); Bury (professional May 1938); Chesterfield (May 1939); Doncaster Rovers & Mansfield Town guest player during Second World War; Buxton player‐coach (September 1946); Stockton (September 1947); North Shields (December 1947); Leicester City (December 1947); WATFORD (£4,750 for Hartley, J.W.H.Calvert, T.Eggleston & J.Osborne January 1948 – Hartley left the club close season 1948) Football League Career Apps Subs Goals League Status and Final Position 1935/36 Gateshead 3 Football League Division 3 (North) – 14th of 22 1936/37 Gateshead 2 1 Football League Division 3 (North) – 21st of 22 1947/48 WATFORD 6 1 Football League Division 3 (South) – 15th of 22 Simultaneously accompanying Calvert, Cheney, Eggleston and Osborne from Filbert Street, Tom Hartley joined his fifth club in five months, and his Watford début was his first peacetime Football League outing for more than eleven years. His six appearances at inside‐forward brought just a single victory, his goal at Torquay United being the only one of the game. Known as “Tom”. Birth & death indexes OK, probate nothing. Guested for Doncaster in March 1944. Listed at £1,500 cs 1948 & £500 cs 1949. 5 ft 8¾ ins. 11 st. Westley Howard HARVEY (1901-1903) Centre-forward / Inside-forward Born Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 21 October 1877 Died Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 1904 Watford Career Southern