Joe Harris (footballer)
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Full name
Joseph Harris[1]
Date of birth
19 March 1893[2]
Place of birth
Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Harris[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1893[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland[1] | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 1933 (aged 40)[3][4] | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Shettleston | |||
| –1913 | Strathclyde | ||
| 1913–1923 | Partick Thistle | 207 | (5) |
| 1923–1925 | Middlesbrough | 56 | (0) |
| 1925–1931 | Newcastle United | 149 | (2) |
| 1931–1933 | York City | 62 | (0) |
| Total | 474 | (7) | |
| International career | |||
| 1921 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseph Harris (19 March 1893 – 29 October 1933) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half-back in Scottish football for Shettleston, Strathclyde and Partick Thistle (where he won the Scottish Cup in 1921), and in the English Football League for Middlesbrough, Newcastle United (where he won the League title in 1926–27)[5] and York City.[1][3][6][7]
Harris was capped twice by the Scotland national team in 1921.[8][9]
He was not related to Neil Harris, also from east Glasgow who played for Partick and Newcastle in the same era.
