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Horace Pearson

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Horace Pearson
Personal information
Date of birth (1907-04-06)6 April 1907
Place of birth Tamworth, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tamworth Castle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1928 Nuneaton Town
1928–1929 Luton Town 0 (0)
1929–1931 Blackpool 55 (0)
1931–1933 Oldham Athletic 38 (0)
1933–1936 Coventry City 108 (0)
1937–1938 Newport County
1938 Barry Town
1938–1939 Bristol City
Scarborough
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horace Pearson (6 April 1907 – unknown) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2] He played in the Football League First Division for Blackpool.[3]

Personal life

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Pearson was from a footballing family, with both his uncle, Hubert Pearson, and cousin, Harold Pearson playing for West Bromwich Albion.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jim Brown column: The keeper that helped win the title". coventrytelegraph.net. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Statistics". 11v11.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year. Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-905411-50-4.