Harry Hooper (footballer born 1933)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harold Hooper | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Pittington, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 194?–1950 | Hylton Colliery Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1956 | West Ham United | 119 | (39) |
| 1956–1957 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 39 | (19) |
| 1957–1960 | Birmingham City | 105 | (34) |
| 1960–1963 | Sunderland | 65 | (16) |
| 1963–1965 | Kettering Town | 68 | (17) |
| 1965–1967 | Dunstable Town | ||
| 1967–1968 | Heanor Town | ||
| National team | |||
| 1954–1957 | England B | 6 | (2) |
| 1955 | England under-23 | 2 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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Harold "Harry" Hooper (born 14 June 1933) is an English former footballer who played as an outside forward. He made more than 300 appearances in the Football League, and represented England at under-23 and 'B' international level.
Hooper was born in Pittington, County Durham. He played football for Hylton Colliery Juniors and for the Durham youth side before joining West Ham United in November 1950 when his father, also named Harry Hooper, was appointed assistant trainer at the club. He played for the reserve team in the London Combination before making his debut in the Football League on 3 February 1951, at the age of 17 years 7 months, at home to Barnsley in the Second Division. West Ham won 4–2, and Hooper himself came close to scoring eight minutes from time, when "Barnsley's Pat Kelly had to stretch like elastic to push Harry's 25-yard drive over the bar". He went on to play 119 league games for West Ham, scoring 39 goals.
Hooper, an England under-23 and England 'B' international, was named as a reserve for the 1954 FIFA World Cup squad but did not travel, and never won a full international cap. He represented the Football League in games against the Irish League in 1954, and the Scottish League in 1955. He also played for the London XI in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup group stage game against the Basel XI on 4 June 1955, scoring the last goal of a 5–0 rout.
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