Harry Hadley

Harry Hadley

Personal information
Full name	Harold Hadley
Date of birth	26 October 1877
Place of birth	Barrow-in-Furness, England
Date of death	12 September 1942 (aged 64)
Place of death	West Bromwich, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Wing-Half
Youth career
	Colley Gate United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1895–1896	Halesowen
1897–1905	West Bromwich Albion	167	(2)
1905–1906	Aston Villa	11	(0)
1906–1907	Nottingham Forest	12	(1)
1907–1908	Southampton	29	(0)
1908–1910	Croydon Common	21	(1)
1910–19??	Halesowen
1919	Merthyr Town
National team
1903	England	1	(0)
Teams managed
1919–1922	Merthyr Town
1922	Chesterfield
1927–1928	Aberdare Athletic
1928	Merthyr Town
1930–1931	Merthyr Town
1935–1936	Bangor City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Harold Hadley (26 October 1877 – 12 September 1942) was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played once for the England national side.

Playing career

Hadley was born in Barrow-in-Furness and joined Halesowen in 1895 from Colley Gate United. In February 1897 he joined West Bromwich Albion where he established himself at wing-half. He won a Second Division title medal with the Baggies in 1902 and in February 1903 won his only England cap in the 4–0 win against Ireland at Molineux.

In February 1905, after 167 league games, he left West Brom to join Aston Villa for a fee of £250, but played just 11 times before joining Nottingham Forest in April 1906. A year later he moved again, this time to Southern League Southampton. According to Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints" he was "a methodical yet energetic half-back, dedicated to looking after the forwards by supporting, feeding and directing them into advantageous positions".^[1]

At the end of the 1907–08 season he moved to Croydon Common, rejoining Halesowen in February 1910. He finished his playing career with Merthyr Town.

Managerial career

Hadley's first managerial job was with Merthyr Town where he was appointed in May 1919. He oversaw their promotion to the Football League in 1920 and guided them to 8th place in Division Three (South) in their first season. He left Merthyr in April 1922 to manage Chesterfield, but left in August the same year.

In November 1927 he took over at Aberdare Athletic, who had failed to gain re-election to the Football League the previous season. He left in April 1928, returning to Merthyr Town as manager, but left again in November the same year. He began a third spell as Merthyr manager in 1930, leaving in September 1931.

His final managerial job was with Bangor City who he joined in July 1935 and left in April 1936 when he retired.

Hadley's brother Ben also played professionally for West Bromwich Albion, but had left before Harry's arrival at the Hawthorns.

Honours

As a player

West Bromwich Albion

• Football League Second Division championship: 1901–02

References

1. Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.

External links

• Harry Hadley England profile at Englandstats
• Croydon Common career details
• Profile of Bangor City managers