Harold Wassell

Harry Wassell
Personal information
Date of birth (1879-09-21)21 September 1879
Place of birth Stourbridge, England
Date of death March 1951(1951-03-00) (aged 71)
Place of death Dudley, England
Position Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Brierley Hill Alliance
1902–1904 Small Heath 56 (0)
1904–1905 Bristol Rovers
1905–1906 Queens Park Rangers 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold (Harry) Wassell (21 September 1879 – March 1951) was an English professional footballer born in Amblecote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, who played as a full back. He made 56 appearances in the Football League playing for Small Heath, contributing to their promotion as Second Division runners-up in the 1902–03 season. He also played for Bristol Rovers and Queens Park Rangers in the Southern League.

Harold was born and raised in Amblecote Road near Stourbridge. His father was Richard Wassell, a miner, and his mother was Harriet Dutton. He was known as Harry to his family.

Harold married Hagar Round in 1921 in Dudley (Hagar’s sister, Lucy -Blanche, was married to Edwin Alfred Holden and together they founded, Holden’s Brewery). Harold and Hagar had two children, Harry and Ronald.

After retiring from football Harold worked as a railway traffic inspector at the Round Oak Steelworks in Brierley Hill. He died in Burton Road Hospital, Dudley.[citation needed]

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