Harold Connor
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Connor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 December 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Peterborough United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Marine | ||
| 1952–1954 | Stoke City | 4 | (2) |
| – | Marine | ||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Harold Connor (born 23 December 1929) is a former an English footballer who played for Stoke.[1] Connor is the last amateur to play for Stoke City.[1]
Career
Born in Liverpool, Connor began playing football with Peterborough United as he was serving with RAF Halton.[1] He returned to his native Merseyside and became a PE teacher in Crosby and played football with non-league Marine.[1] He joined professional side Stoke City in 1952 signing on amateur contract forms and scored within 10 minutes on his debut against Sunderland in March 1953.[1] After he declined to sign a professional contract he was released by manager Frank Taylor and Connor returned to Marine whilst continuing to work as a teacher.[1]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City[1] | 1952–53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1953–54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |