Gordon Harris (footballer, born 1940)
English footballer
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Gordon Harris (2 June 1940 – 10 February 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Burnley and Sunderland.[2] He was capped twice for England under-23 team while a Burnley player,[3] and once for the full national team, on 5 January 1966 in a 1–1 draw with Poland, as a late replacement for the injured Bobby Charlton.[4]
Full name
Gordon Harris[1]
Date of birth
2 June 1940
Place of birth
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death
10 February 2014 (aged 73)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon Harris[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 February 2014 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Langold, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Firbeck Colliery | |||
| 1958–1967 | Burnley | 258 | (69) |
| 1967–1971 | Sunderland | 126 | (16) |
| 1971–1975 | South Shields | ||
| International career | |||
| 1961–1963 | England U23 | 2 | (1) |
| 1966 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harris died of cancer on 10 February 2014.[5]
Honours
Burnley
- Football League First Division: 1959–60
- FA Cup runner-up: 1961–62[6]
