View source for Harry White (footballer, born 1901)

{{Short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Harry White
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| fullname = Harold Barns White
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|1|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manor Park, London|Manor Park]], [[Essex]], England
| death_date  = {{death year and age|1983|1901}}
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| position = [[Half back (association football)|Left-half]], [[centre-forward]]
| youthyears1    =
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| years1         = {{0|0000}}–1921
| clubs1         = Leigh Ramblers
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| goals1         =
| years2         = 1921–1923
| clubs2         = [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]
| caps2          = 4
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 1925–?
| clubs3         = [[Grays Thurrock United F.C.|Grays Thurrock United]]
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| manageryears1  = 1929–?
| managerclubs1  = [[Grays Thurrock United F.C.|Grays Thurrock United]]
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'''Harold Barns White''' (15 January 1901 – 1983)<ref>{{ENFA}}</ref>{{efn|name=birth|Joyce, 2012, gives his name as J. Harold White, born in [[Leyton]]. Mason, 1993, also gives his birthplace as Leyton.<ref name=Joyce2012/><ref>{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Mason | title=Southend United – The Official History of: The Blues | publisher=Yore Publications| location=Harefield | year=1993 |isbn=978-1874427209}}</ref>}} was an English [[Association football|footballer]] who played in the [[Football League]] for [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]]. He played mainly at [[Half back (association football)|left-half]], but also appeared as a [[centre-forward]].<ref name=Joyce2012>{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Joyce |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2012 |orig-year=2002| publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |isbn=978-1-905891-61-0 |page=308}}</ref>
Born in [[Manor Park, London]],{{efn|name=birth}} White played cricket and football in [[Leigh-on-Sea]], the latter with Southend and District League club Leigh Ramblers, where he scored 50 goals during the 1920–21 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19210627/097/0006 |title=F.A. Summer Meeting|newspaper=Athletic News |date=27 June 1921|page=6|url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive |quote=The United have also secured H. White, a centre-forward, who scored 50 goals last season  for Leigh Ramblers (Leigh-on-Sea)}}</ref>
White joined [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] for the 1921–22 season. He made four appearances in the [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]] in his two seasons with the club.<ref name=Joyce2012/> He joined [[Grays Thurrock United F.C.|Grays Thurrock United]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grays Thurrock United |newspaper=Chelmsford Chronicle |date=21 August 1925 |page=6 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000516/19250821/052/0006 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |accessdate=19 March 2019 |quote=The following players have been engaged:— [...] Half-backs.—H. White (late Southend Un.}}</ref> He was appointed as Grays Thurrock manager in June 1929.<ref name="manager">{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002130/19290614/080/0003|title=Sporting Notes & News|newspaper=Northampton Chronicle and Echo |date=14 June 1929|page=3|url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive |accessdate=6 May 2019 |quote=Harold White,  well-known Leigh-on-Sea cricketer, and who had played at half-back for Southend United, has been appointed manager of Gray's Thurrock United F.C.}}</ref>
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[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1983 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Manor Park, London]]
[[Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Newham]]
[[Category:Footballers from Essex]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football wing halves]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Southend United F.C. players]]
[[Category:Grays Thurrock United F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:English football managers]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]
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