Harry Tufnell

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fullname = Harry Tufnell
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dateofbirth = 22/11/1886
cityofbirth = Burton upon Trent
dateofdeath = Dec 1959
cityofdeath = Oldham
countryofbirth = England
countryofdeath = England
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position = Inside Forward
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years = ??-1909
1909-??
clubs = Bury
Barnsley
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nationalcaps(goals) = 00100(0)
manageryears = ?-?
1921-1922
managerclubs = Wakefield
Doncaster Rovers
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Harry Tufnell (1886 – 1959) was an English professional footballer He played for Bury and Barnsley prior to the First World war as an Inside Forward. Following the end of his playing career he managed and coached several clubs in the North of England.

Club career

Harry Tufnell joined Barnsley from Bury at the beginning of the 1909-10 season.Cite web|url=http://www.barnsleyfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10309~925078,00.html|title=1887-1911-The Beginnings| accessdate=2008-06-27 | publisher=Barnsley F.C.| author=] He was part of the Barnsley side that contested both the 1910 and the 1912 FA Cup Finals. He scored in both finals.Cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1910.html|title=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| accessdate=2008-07-01 | publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| author=] Cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1912.html|title=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| accessdate=2008-07-01 | publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk| author=] In 1910, he scored the only Barnsley goal, putting the ball in off the post from a Bartrop cross.Citation
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title = The Cup Final
newspaper = Manchester Guardian
pages = p10
year = 1910
date = 1910-04-25
url = ] The game ended a 1-1 draw. Barnsley then lost the replay 2-0. In 1912 the first match ended in nil-nil draw and the replay looked to be going the same way when Tufnell scored in the last few minutes of extra time after a solo run from the half way line.Citation
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title = Barnsley's Victory
newspaper = Manchester Guardian
pages = p4
year = 1912
date = 1912-04-25
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Coaching career

When he retired from playing he stayed in the game, coaching first, Wakefield then Doncaster and finaly Oldham

Life Outside Football

Prior to starting his career in football he worked as greengrocers assistant [cite book |title=English Census Adolphus Tufnell Household RG13/2645 Entry 22|date=1901] and in the later part of his life he worked in a cotton mill. [cite book|last=Tufnell|first=Harry|title=Death Certificate|date=1959]

Honours

Barnsley
*FA Cup: Winners 1912
*FA Cup: Runners Up 1910

References

External Sources

* [http://www.chrishobbs.com/harrytufnell.htm Short biography of Harry Tufnell]