Harold Hardman
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| Full name | Harold Payne Hardman | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1882 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kirkmanshulme, Manchester, England | |||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 June 1965 (aged 83) | |||||||||||
| Place of death | Sale, Cheshire, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Outside forward | |||||||||||
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| Worsley Wanderers | ||||||||||||
| Chorlton-cum-Hardy | ||||||||||||
| South Shore Choristers | ||||||||||||
| Northern Nomads | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 1900–1903 | Blackpool | 71 | (10) | |||||||||
| 1903–1908 | Everton | 130 | (25) | |||||||||
| 1908–1909 | Manchester United | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
| 1909–1910 | Bradford City | 20 | (2) | |||||||||
| 1910–1913 | Stoke | 54 | (10) | |||||||||
| 1913–? | Manchester United | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||
| 1905–1908 | England | 4 | (1) | |||||||||
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Harold Payne Hardman (4 April 1882 – 9 June 1965) was an English football player and chairman.
Born in Kirkmanshulme, Manchester, Hardman was discovered by Blackpool as a schoolboy and thrown into the first team during their season in exile from the Football League in 1899–1900. He made his League debut on 8 September 1900, in a home draw against Gainsborough Trinity, the first competitive game played at Blackpool's Bloomfield Road ground. He became almost an ever-present for the club over the next three years.
An outside-left, Hardman had the ability to switch flanks and sometimes played on the right wing. He possessed speed and a knack for trickery, and although not a regular goalscorer himself, he provided the final pass for many of the goals scored by Bob Birkett and Jack Parkinson. Blackpool, however, as a whole, were a team struggling in the Second Division, and they found it too difficult to hold on to him.
In 1903, he signed for Everton for a fee of £100. He played for the Toffees in the 1906 and 1907 FA Cup Finals before joining Manchester United in 1908. Hardman later played for Bradford City, during their first two seasons in Division One, and Stoke City.
Hardman made four appearances for the full England team, all while with Everton, between 1905 and 1908, scoring once (against Ireland).
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