Harry Stapley

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Harry Stapley
File:Harry Stapley - London 1908 English Amateur Football National Team (cropped).jpg
Stapley with Great Britain at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Full name Henry Stapley
Date of birth (1883-04-29)29 April 1883
Place of birth Southborough, Kent, England
Date of death 29 April 1937(1937-04-29) (aged 54)
Place of death Glossop, England
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s)
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
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Men's football
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team competition
* 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

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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

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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

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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

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England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Stapley goal.
List of international goals scored by Harry Stapley[9]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 1 21 December 1907 Feethams, Darlington, England File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2–0
 12–2 Friendly
[11]
2
3–0
3
6–1
4
7–1
5
8–1
6 2 18 April 1908 Sukkelweg, Bruxelles, Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
2–0
 8–2
[12]
7
3–0
8
8–2
9 3 20 April 1908 Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1–0
 5–1
[13]
10
4–1
11 4 20 October 1908 White City, London, England File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
?
 12–1 1908 Summer Olympics First round
[14]
12
?
13 5 22 October 1908 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1–0
 4–0 1908 Summer Olympics Semi finals
[15]
14
2–0
15
3–0
16
4–0
17 6 12 April 1909 Oud Rosenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
4–0
 7–0 Friendly
[16]
18 7 17 April 1909 White Hart Lane, London, England File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
?
 11–2
[17]
19
?
20
?
21 8 20 May 1909 Landhof, Basel, Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
?
 9–0
[18]
22 9 22 May 1909 Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly, France  France
?
 5–1
[19]
23
?
24 10 6 November 1909 Anlaby Road, Hull, England File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
2–0
 7–0
[20]
25
4–0
26
5–0
27 11 11 December 1909 Stamford Bridge, Fullham, England File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1-0
 9–1
[21]
28
8-1

Notes

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  1. ^ Recorded as Harold S. Stapley in some sources

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