Harry Lane (footballer)

Harry Lane
Personal information
Full name Henry William Lane[1]
Date of birth (1909-03-21)21 March 1909
Place of birth Hednesford, England
Date of death March 1977 (aged about 68)
Place of death Cannock, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
– Hednesford Town
– Rugeley Villa
– Bloxwich Strollers
1930–1933 Birmingham 2 (0)
1933–1938 Southend United 155 (50)
1938–1946 Plymouth Argyle[upper-alpha 1] 50 (9)
1946–1949 Southend United 64 (15)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Henry William "Harry" Lane (21 March 1909 – March 1977) was an English professional footballer who scored 74 goals in 271 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Southend United and Plymouth Argyle.[2]

Playing career

Lane was born in Hednesford, Staffordshire. A forward, he joined Birmingham from Staffordshire local football.[4] He made his debut in the First Division on 29 November 1930, deputising for Johnny Crosbie at inside right in a game at Bolton Wanderers which Birmingham lost 2–0. Lane played once more that season,[5] but was unable to establish himself as a first-team player. He was released in May 1933 and joined Southend United of the Third Division South.[4]

Lane played 177 games in all competitions for Southend in nearly five seasons with the club, scoring 58 goals at a rate of one every three games.[6] He was their leading scorer in the 1935–36 season with 17 goals,[7] and followed up with another 17 the next season, including two hat-tricks.[8] In March 1938, he moved up to the Second Division with Plymouth Argyle.[4][9]

He was a regular in Plymouth's first team until the Second World War put an end to competitive football, though without scoring as freely as he had for Southend.[1] He remained with Plymouth for a couple of months playing in the wartime regional league,[1][3] and later made guest appearances for Nottingham Forest, Northampton Town, West Bromwich Albion and Port Vale in wartime competition.[4][10] In May 1946, Lane rejoined Southend. He contributed 21 goals in 75 games over the next three seasons, finally retiring in May 1949 at the age of 40.[6][1]

Lane died in Cannock, Staffordshire, in 1977 aged about 68.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Plymouth Argyle total includes three games and one goal from the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Harry Lane". GoS–DB. Greens on Screen. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 151. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. 1 2 "Results 1939–40". GoS–DB. Greens on Screen. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  5. ↑ Matthews, p. 173.
  6. 1 2 "Harry Lane". Southend United FC Database. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  7. ↑ "Season 1935–36". Southend United FC Database. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  8. ↑ "Season 1936–37". Southend United FC Database. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Knight, Brian (1989). Plymouth Argyle: A Complete Record 1903–1989. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-907969-40-2.
  10. ↑ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 167. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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