Harry Chambers
Harry Chambers in 1915
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Henry Chambers | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1896 | ||
| Place of birth | Willington Quay, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 June 1949 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Shrewsbury, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1912–1913 | Willington United Methodists | ||
| 1913–1915 | North Shields Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1915–1928 | Liverpool | 310 | (135) |
| 1928–1929 | West Bromwich Albion | 40 | (4) |
| 1929–1933 | Oakengates Town | ||
| 1933–1934 | Hereford United | ||
| National team | |||
| 1921–1923 | England | 8 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1929–1933 | Oakengates Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Henry Chambers (17 December 1896 – 29 June 1949) was an England international footballer who played in the Football League for Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion.
Born in Willington Quay, Northumberland, England, Harry was a schoolboy international at age eleven when he attended Willington Board School. After school he played for North Shields Athletic, Kings Park (on loan), Belfast Distillery (wartime guest) and Glentoran (wartime guest) before he was signed, from North Shields, for the Reds by manager Tom Watson in April 1915. Unfortunately, he signed just before the suspension of league football due to the outbreak of the First World War. He enlisted in Irish infantry regiment The Connaught Rangers, with whom he served until invalided out of the army in 1917.
He had to wait 4 years to make his debut until 30 August 1919 in a First Division match at Valley Parade, a game Liverpool won 3-1 against Bradford and in which Chambers opened his Anfield goalscoring account.
After scoring on his debut he went on to establish himself as the undisputed goal king of Anfield in the immediate post-war years. Topping the club's goalscoring charts for the next five seasons, his shooting prowess was instrumental in Liverpool winning back-to-back League Championships in 1922 and 1923, he scored 41 times in 72 appearances during this spell averaging a goal every 1¾ games. In total he scored 151 goals in 338 appearances for Liverpool including a memorable hat-trick in a 5-1 win over Everton at Anfield in October 1922.
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