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Irish footballer

John Harris
Personal information
Date of birth 8 November 1896
Place of birth Shankill, Ireland
Date of death 4 September 1955(1955-09-04) (aged 58)
Place of death Belfast, England
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cliftonville
1920–1922 Glenavon
International career
1919–1923 Ireland Amateurs 4 (0)
1921–1924 Ireland (IFA) 2 (0)
1921 Irish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Harris (8 November 1896 – 4 September 1955) was a Northern Irish amateur footballer who played in the Irish League for Cliftonville and Glenavon as a left half. He represented Ireland internationally at football and played minor matches for the Ireland cricket team.

Personal life

Harris attended Queen's University Belfast. He later worked as principal at Kingston Technical High School in Jamaica and in Lagos, Nigeria.

References

  1. ^ Liddle, Edward. "Famous Irish internationals: John Harris". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ^ "John Harris". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. "John Harris". The Home of CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  4. "Irish Cricket's Soccer Stars". www.cricketeuropearchives.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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