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Gordon Harris (footballer, born 1940)

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Gordon Harris
Personal information
Full name Gordon Harris[1]
Date of birth (1940-06-02)2 June 1940
Place of birth Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death 10 February 2014(2014-02-10) (aged 73)
Place of death Langold, Nottinghamshire, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Firbeck Colliery
1958–1967 Burnley 258 (69)
1967–1971 Sunderland 126 (16)
1971–1975 South Shields
International career
1961–1963 England U23 2 (1)
1966 England 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon Harris (2 June 1940 – 10 February 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Burnley and Sunderland.[2] He was capped twice for England under-23 team while a Burnley player,[3] and once for the full national team, on 5 January 1966 in a 1–1 draw with Poland, as a late replacement for the injured Bobby Charlton.[4]

Harris died of cancer on 10 February 2014.[5]

Honours

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Burnley

References

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  1. ^ "Gordon Harris". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Gordon Harris". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  3. ^ Courtney, Barrie (27 March 2004). "England - U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  4. ^ "England Will Again Play Spanish Style". The Times. 5 January 1966. p. 4.
  5. ^ Bomber Harris passes away
  6. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
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