Harry Topping

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Harry Topping (21 September 1913[1] – 2001) was an English football player (who played at full-back) and coach.

Playing career

Topping was born in Kearsley, Lancashire[1] and spent time with several Football League clubs, including Manchester City and Exeter City, where he made one league appearance, before a short spell at New Brighton.[1][2]

During World War II he played for Stockport County, where he partnered his namesake Henry Westby Topping in several wartime matches in 1941–42. He played for Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup campaign of 1945–46.[3]

Coaching career

As a football coach, Topping managed RFC Rotterdam[4] and two of the Netherlands' biggest clubs in the early 1950s — Feyenoord between 1950 and 1951, and PSV between 1951 and 1952.[1]

He was coach to Norwich City in their run to the 1958–59 FA Cup semi-final.[5] After leaving Norwich he coached Torquay United.[6]

References

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