Harry Stapley
![]() Stapley with Great Britain at the 1908 Olympics | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Henry Stapley | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 29 April 1883 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Southborough, Kent, England | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 April 1937 | (aged 54)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Glossop, England | |||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-forward, inside-right | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
Manor Park Albion | ||||||||||||||
Bromley | ||||||||||||||
Norwich CEYMS | ||||||||||||||
Reading | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Woodford Town | ||||||||||||||
1905–1908 | West Ham United | 71 | (39) | |||||||||||
1908–1914 | Glossop | 188 | (93) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1907–1909 | England Amateur | 11 | (22) | |||||||||||
1908 | Great Britain | 3 | (6) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Henry Stapley[a] (29 April 1883 – 29 April 1937) was an English amateur footballer who played for West Ham United and Glossop. Internationally, he played for the England amateur team and competed for Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he scored six goals.[2]
Club career
[edit]Stapley played for Manor Park Albion, Bromley and Norwich CEYMS before joining Reading, where he played for the reserve and amateur teams. He then played for Woodford Town, where he was made captain,[3] before signing for West Ham United, then of the Southern League,[4] on 28 September 1905. He continued to play for Woodford Town after signing.[5]
Stapley made his West Ham debut against Portsmouth on 23 December 1905 and scored the only goal of the game. He spent three seasons at Upton Park and was the Irons' top scorer in all three, even though his job as a schoolteacher prevented him from traveling to certain midweek away games.[4] In total, he scored 41 goals in 75 appearances.[6]
He joined Second Division club Glossop in 1908 and continued his scoring record, ending as the club's top-scorer for seven consecutive seasons.[4] He played 188 League games for Glossop, scoring 93 goals.[7]
International career
[edit]Stapley made 14 appearances for the England amateur team, netting 28 goals, thus averaging two goals a game.[8] Only Vivian Woodward has scored more goals for the amateur side than him with 44. Stapley's tally includes a 5-goal haul against the Netherlands in 1907, a 4-goal haul against the same opponents in 1908 and three hat-tricks against Belgium(2) and Sweden for a total of five trebles. Again, only Woodward has scored more hat-tricks for the amateur side than him, with six.[9] Stapley scored a further six goals in unofficial matches, which came in the form of two hat-tricks against Ireland to help his side with 6–1 and 5–1 wins, thus bringing his goal tally to 34 goals and his hat-trick tally to a record-breaking seven, since Woodward never scored one in an unofficial match.[9]
In 1908, he was a member of the English amateur team that represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the football tournament. He scored two goals in the first-round match, a 12–1 drubbing of Sweden, and scored all four in the semi-final against the Netherlands. He also appeared in the final against Denmark, helping his side with a 2—0 win.[3][10] With these 6 goals, he is the second 'Highest British goal scorer within the Olympics' only behind Harold Walden who scored 9 in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[9]
Outside football
[edit]Stapley tutored the sons of Glossop chairman Samuel Hill-Wood in football and cricket and saw three of his students attain blues in cricket at Oxford and Cambridge. He was later private secretary to Hill-Wood after his election as Member of Parliament for High Peak.[4]
His brother, William Stapley, also played League football for Glossop.[4]
International goals
[edit]- England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stapley goal.
No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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1 | 1 | 21 December 1907 | Feethams, Darlington, England | ![]() |
2–0 |
12–2 | Friendly | |
2 | 3–0
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3 | 6–1
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4 | 7–1
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5 | 8–1
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6 | 2 | 18 April 1908 | Sukkelweg, Bruxelles, Belgium | ![]() |
2–0 |
8–2 | ||
7 | 3–0
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8 | 8–2
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9 | 3 | 20 April 1908 | Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany | ![]() |
1–0 |
5–1 | ||
10 | 4–1
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11 | 4 | 20 October 1908 | White City, London, England | ![]() |
? |
12–1 | 1908 Summer Olympics First round | |
12 | ?
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13 | 5 | 22 October 1908 | ![]() |
1–0 |
4–0 | 1908 Summer Olympics Semi finals | ||
14 | 2–0
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15 | 3–0
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16 | 4–0
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17 | 6 | 12 April 1909 | Oud Rosenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
4–0 |
7–0 | Friendly | |
18 | 7 | 17 April 1909 | White Hart Lane, London, England | ![]() |
? |
11–2 | ||
19 | ?
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20 | ?
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21 | 8 | 20 May 1909 | Landhof, Basel, Switzerland | ![]() |
? |
9–0 | ||
22 | 9 | 22 May 1909 | Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly, France | ![]() |
? |
5–1 | ||
23 | ?
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24 | 10 | 6 November 1909 | Anlaby Road, Hull, England | ![]() |
2–0 |
7–0 | ||
25 | 4–0
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26 | 5–0
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27 | 11 | 11 December 1909 | Stamford Bridge, Fullham, England | ![]() |
1-0 |
9–1 | ||
28 | 8-1
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Recorded as Harold S. Stapley in some sources
References
[edit]- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Harry Stapley". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Stapley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. pp. 192–193. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
- ^ "Harry Stapley". englandfootballonline.com. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Harry Stapley". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
- ^ "Harold S Stapley". 11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ The Fourth Olympiad - London 1908 - Official Report (PDF). British Olympic Association. May 1909. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "England v Netherlands, 21 December 1907". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Belgium v England, 18 April 1908". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Germany v England, 20 April 1908". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Great Britain v Sweden, 20 October 1908". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Great Britain - Netherlands, 20 May 1909". FIFA. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Netherlands v England, 12 April 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "England v Belgium, 17 April 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland v England, 20 May 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "France v England, 22 May 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "England Amateurs v Sweden 7-0 (International: November 6, 1909)". playupliverpool.com. 6 November 1909. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "England v Netherlands, 11 December 1909". www.11v11.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- 1883 births
- 1937 deaths
- People from Southborough, Kent
- Footballers from Kent
- English men's footballers
- England men's amateur international footballers
- English Olympic medallists
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Men's association football forwards
- Bromley F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Woodford Town F.C. (1937) players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- English Football League players
- English civil servants