Harry Simpson (footballer, born 1888)

Harry Simpson
Personal information
Full name	Henry Coutts Simpson
Date of birth	10 October 1888
Place of birth	Peterhead, Scotland
Date of death	1951 (aged 62–63)
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1907	Peterhead
1907–1910	St Bernard's
1910	Leicester Fosse
1910	Raith Rovers
1910–1913	Ayr United
1913–1914	East Stirlingshire
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Henry Coutts Simpson (10 October 1888 – 1951) was a Scottish professional football inside right who played in the Scottish League for Ayr United, St Bernard's, East Stirlingshire and Raith Rovers.^[2] He also played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.^[1]

Personal life[]

Simpson served in the First World War and was wounded at Gallipoli in August 1915.^[3]^[4]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St Bernard's	1907–08^[2]	Scottish Second Division	10	1	7	0	17	1
	1908–09^[2]		21	2	2	0	23	2
	1909–10^[2]		21	6	6	2	27	8
	Total		52	9	15	2	67	11
Leicester Fosse	1909–10^[5]	Second Division	7	1	—		7	1
Raith Rovers	1910–11^[2]	Scottish First Division	4	0	1	0	5	0
Ayr United	1910–11^[2]	Scottish Second Division	16	6	—		16	6
	1911–12^[2]		21	4	8	0	29	4
	1912–13^[2]		18	5	6	0	24	5
	Total		55	15	14	0	69	15
East Stirlingshire	1913–14^[2]	Scottish Second Division	10	0	7	0	17	0
Career total			128	25	37	2	165	27

^ ^a ^b ^c Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 265. ISBN 9781905891610.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ "Ayr United Football Club players served in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
^ "Ayr United and World War One : Ayr United Football Club". Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "Harry Simpson | Leicester City career stats – FoxesTalk". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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Personal information
Full name	Henry Coutts Simpson^[1]
Date of birth	10 October 1888
Place of birth	Peterhead, Scotland
Date of death	1951 (aged 62–63)^[1]
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1907	Peterhead
1907–1910	St Bernard's	52	(9)
1910	Leicester Fosse	7	(1)
1910	Raith Rovers	4	(0)
1910–1913	Ayr United	55	(15)
1913–1914	East Stirlingshire	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only