Harry Tufnell

Henry Tufnell (1886 – 27 December 1959) was an English professional footballer who 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.

Harry Tufnell

Personal information
Full name	Henry Tufnell
Date of birth	1886 (1886)
Place of birth	Burton upon Trent, England
Date of death	27 December 1959(1959-12-27) (aged 72–73)
Place of death	Oldham, England
Height	5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)^[1]
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906–1907	Worcester City		(13)
??–1909	Bury
1909–1920	Barnsley	199	(61)
Managerial career
1920–1921	Wakefield City
1921–1922	Doncaster Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Harry Tufnell played for Worcester City during the 1906–07 season.^[2] Later he joined Bury, and then Barnsley at the beginning of the 1909–10 season.^[3] He was part of the Barnsley side that contested both the 1910 and the 1912 FA Cup Finals. He scored in both finals.^[4][5] In 1910, he scored the only Barnsley goal, putting the ball in off the post from a Wilfred Bartrop cross.^[6] The game ended a 1–1 draw. Barnsley then lost the replay 2–0. In 1912 the first match ended in 0–0 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 halfway line.^[7]

In total he scored 71 league and FA Cup goals for Barnsley in 128 games.^[8]

Coaching career

When he retired from playing he stayed in the game, managing Wakefield City and Doncaster Rovers and then on the training staff at Oldham Athletic.^[9]

Life outside football

Prior to starting his career in football he worked as a greengrocer's assistant^[10] and in the later part of his life he worked in a cotton mill.^[11]

Honours

Barnsley

• FA Cup: winners 1912; runners-up 1910

References

1. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Barnsley". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Worcester City All Time Player Statistics". Worcester City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
3. . Barnsley F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2008.
4. . fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
5. . fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
6. "The Cup Final". Manchester Guardian. 25 April 1910. p. 10.
7. "Barnsley's Victory". Manchester Guardian. 25 April 1912. p. 4.
8. . My Genealogy Homepage. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
9. "Sheffields on FA Cup Final". Retrieved 6 January 2013.
10. English Census Adolphus Tufnell Household RG13/2645 Entry 22. 1901.
11. Tufnell, Harry (1959). Death Certificate.
12. Metcalf, Mark; Wood, David (18 November 2010). Lifting the Cup: The Story of Battling Barnsley, 1910-12. Wharncliffe Books. p. 165. ISBN 9781845631369. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External sources

• Short biography of Harry Tufnell