Harry Ness
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Harry Marshall Ness (8 June 1885 – 26 June 1957) was an English footballer who played for Barnsley and Sunderland. He was a full back.
Club career
Harry Ness was part of the Barnsley side that contested the 1910 FA Cup Final.[1] They lost in a replay 2–0 to Newcastle United. He transferred to Sunderland in 1911.[2]
He was a FA Cup runner up again in 1913 FA Cup Final when Sunderland were beaten 1–0 by Aston Villa[1] but he did get a league winners' medal as Sunderland topped the table.[2]
In 1916, Ness enlisted with 42nd Battalion of the Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) and first went to Perth to train.[3]
In May 1920, he was transferred to Aberdeen.[4] He suffered an injury in a pre-season match but was reported to have made a complete recovery by October 1920, and played for their reserve team.[5] Some incident occurred, as in May 1921, he filed a claim against Aberdeen with the SFA for £132 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".).[6] The next month, it was reported that Aberdeen came to a settlement with Ness.[7] In August of that year, it was reported that Aberdeen would transfer Ness.[8]
Post-career
He married Laura Hurd in 1924. He later worked as a publican in Scarborough, where he died in 1957.[9]
References
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