Harold Hassall

English footballer

Harold Hassall
Hassall (1963)
Personal information
Full name Harold William Hassall
Date of birth (1929-03-04)4 March 1929
Place of birth Bolton, England
Date of death 30 January 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 85)
Place of death Bolton, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1952 Huddersfield Town 74 (26)
1952–1955 Bolton Wanderers 102 (34)
Total 176 (60)
International career
1951–1953 England 5 (4)
Managerial career
1969–1970 Malaysia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold William Hassall (4 March 1929 – 30 January 2015) was a professional footballer, who played as a forward for Huddersfield Town and Bolton Wanderers in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]

Harold was one of four Hassall brothers. He lived relatively near to where he was born.[2] He also played 5 matches for England, in which he scored 4 goals.[1]

He coached Malaysia national football team from 1969 to 1970.[3][4]

Harold's career was ended earlier than expected due to a serious knee injury picked up during his Bolton days on New Year's Day 1955.

He died in Bolton on 30 January 2015.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Harold Hassall". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ex-England and Bolton Wanderers striker Harold Hassall dies, aged 85". The Bolton News. 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Harold Hassall". Football England. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Englishmen in Singapore and Malaysia: Coaches with links to Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Wigan". Les Rosbifs. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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Malaysia national football team – managers
  • Velappan (1963)
  • Choo S.Q. (1963–64)
  • Westphal (1965–66)
  • De Silva (1966)
  • Velappan (1966)
  • Nagalingam (1967)
  • Cramer (1967)
  • Dutton (1967)
  • Hassall (1968)
  • Velappan (1968)
  • Abdul-Ghani (1969)
  • Hassall (1970)
  • MacLaren (1970)
  • Arasaratnam (1971)
  • Jalil (1972)
  • Sitwa (1973)
  • M. Kuppan (1973–77)
  • Jalil (1974)
  • Chow K.L. (1978)
  • Weigang (1979–82)
  • M. Chandran (1982–83)
  • Lord (1983–85)
  • M. Bakar (1985–86)
  • Vengloš (1986–87)
  • Rahman (1987)
  • Bate (1988)
  • M. Chandran (1988)
  • Hartley (1989)
  • Shafie (1990)
  • Rahim (1991)
  • Worden (1992–93)
  • Le Roy (1994–95)
  • Souisi (1995)
  • Wan Jamak (1996–97)
  • Souisi (1998)
  • Rahman (1998–00)
  • Harris (2001–04)
  • Rajagopalc (2004)
  • Bicskei (2004–05)
  • N. Bakar (2005–07)
  • Sathianathan (2007–08)
  • Rajagopal (2009–13)
  • Ong K.S.c (2014)
  • Dollah (2014–15)
  • Ong K.S. (2015–17)
  • Vingada (2017)
  • Tan C.H. (2017–22)
  • Kim P.G. (2022–)
(c) = caretaker manager
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