Harry Chambers

Harry Chambers
Personnel
Surname	Henry Chambers
birthday	November 17, 1896
place of birth	Willington Quay ,  England
date of death	June 29, 1949
Place of death	Oakengates ,  England
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1912-1913	Willington United Methodists
1913-1915	North Shields Athletic
1915-1928	Liverpool FC	310 (135)
1928-1929	West Bromwich Albion	40 00(4)
1929-1933	Oakengates Town
1933-1934	Hereford United
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1921-1923	England	8 00(5)
1 Only league games are given.

Henry "Harry" Chambers (born November 17, 1896 in Willington Quay , † June 29, 1949 in Oakengates ) was an English football player . The striker , who had his active career between the two world wars, was a regular top scorer for Liverpool FC in the 1920s and won two English championships with the club in 1922 and 1923.

Athletic career

Born in Northumberland , England , Harry Chambers was initially a pure amateur player for the Willington United Methodists and North Shields Athletic, before moving to the Mersey in April 1915 with Tom Watson, the coach of Liverpool FC . The outbreak of World War I - and the associated interruption of the Football League's game operations - initially prevented the debut of "Smiler", as the striker who shot with his left foot was jokingly called. Instead of English professional football, appearances as guest players in Northern Ireland were on the program, including games for Belfast Distillery and Glentoran Belfast . After the end of the fighting, Chambers celebrated on August 30, 1919 in the 3-1 win at Bradford City his debut and was immediately on the scorers list.

In the years that followed, Chambers led the attacking game of Liverpool FC and was the club's top scorer for five seasons without a break. To the championships in the seasons 1921/22 and 1922/23 he contributed 41 goals in a total of 72 league games. Logically, due to the performance at that time, he was also appointed to the English national team. There he came to Cardiff on March 14, 1921 at Ninian Park for his first international match against Wales , which ended in a 0-0 draw in the British Home Championship . The first goal for England followed around two months later on the occasion of the 2-0 win against Belgium in Brussels . Up to his last appearance on October 20, 1923 against Northern Ireland Chambers completed a total of eight international matches, in which he scored five goals.

Although he was denied further trophies at Liverpool, Chambers was in the course of the 1920s a constant in the attacking game of the "Reds" and in the two seasons 1925/26 and 1926/27 he was the only player who did not play a single game for missed his club. After 338 competitive games and 151 goals Chambers left Anfield in April 1928 for West Bromwich Albion .

In the second division , the former striker became a "center-half" and Chambers made another 40 professional appearances in this important central position in the defense network. He then let his career at smaller clubs, such as Oakengates Town and Hereford United , end. Even after his departure from the professional career, Chambers remained in football for a long time and until his death at the age of 52 he occasionally played games for his team in Oakengates.

successes

• English master: 1922, 1923

Web links

• Profile on englandfootballonline.com (English)
• Biography of lfchistory.net (English)