Harry Haddock

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Harry Haddock
Full name	Harry Haddock
Date of birth	28 July 1925
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	December 18, 1998 (aged 73)
Height	5' 7"
Playing position	Left Back
Youth clubs
	Renfrew
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1946-47 1949-63	Exeter City Clyde	018 0(0) 514 (10)
National team
1954-58	Scotland	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Harry Haddock (born 28 July 1925, in Glasgow; died 18 December 1998) was a Scottish footballer who spent almost his entire career with Clyde. He was also selected in the Scotland squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

A left back, Haddock joined Clyde in September 1949 and became a reliable fixture in the side over the following 13 seasons, latterly as captain. He enjoyed his fair share of ups and downs during this period: the Bully Wee were relegated in 1950-51, 1955-56 and 1960-61 although they enjoyed an instant return as Second Division champions on each occasion. Haddock also helped his side reach two Scottish Cup Finals, both of which were won. In 1954-55, Celtic were defeated 1-0 in a replay, while in 1957-58 Hibernian were defeated 1-0 at the first attempt.

Haddock's international career was somewhat less auspicious, as Scotland won only 1 of the 6 games he featured in. This included two heavy defeats by England, 7-2 in 1955 and 4-0 in 1958. Following the 7-2 defeat, Haddock was publicly praised by the great Sir Stanley Matthews for his refusal to resort to foul play. In 14 years as a senior and international footballer Haddock was never booked, sent off, or even admonished by any referee. The latter match would prove to be his final international appearance, as despite his selection in the 1958 World Cup squad, he did not feature in the finals in Sweden. In 1959 Haddock was voted Scottish Player of the Year at the age of 34. In addition to the 6 full internationals, Haddock was also selected to play in 7 League of Scotland international matches, including games against the League of England and the League of Ireland.

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Profile at Official Scottish FA site

v • d • e Scotland squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Younger • 2 Brown • 3 Parker • 4 Caldow • 5 Hewie • 6 Haddock • 7 McColl • 8 Turnbull • 9 Evans • 10 Docherty • 11 Mackay • 12 Cowie • 13 Baird • 14 Leggat • 15 Scott • 16 Murray • 17 Mudie • 18 Coyle • 19 Collins • 20 Robertson • 21 Imlach • 22 Fernie • Coach: Walker