Harry Topping

Harry Topping
Personal information
Date of birth	21 September 1913
Place of birth	Kearsley, England
Date of death	2001 (aged 87–88)
Height	5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935	Manchester City
1936–1937	Exeter City
1937–1938	New Brighton
1945–1946	Bristol Rovers
Managerial career
1948–1950	RFC Rotterdam
1950–1951	Feyenoord
1951–1952	PSV
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Topping (21 September 1913^[2] – 2001) was an English football player (who played at full-back) and coach.

Playing career

Topping was born in Kearsley, Lancashire^[2] and spent time with several Football League clubs, including Manchester City and Exeter City, where he made one league appearance, before a short spell at New Brighton.^[2]^[3]

During World War II he played for Stockport County, where he partnered his namesake Henry Westby Topping in several wartime matches in 1941–42. He played for Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup campaign of 1945–46.^[4]

Coaching career

As a football coach, Topping managed RFC Rotterdam^[5] and two of the Netherlands' biggest clubs in the early 1950s — Feyenoord between 1950 and 1951, and PSV between 1951 and 1952.^[2]

He was coach to Norwich City in their run to the 1958–59 FA Cup semi-final.^[6] After leaving Norwich he coached Torquay United.^[7]

References

^ "Manchester City. Doherty, Heale and Donnelly fit". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. v – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Joyce, Michael (18 January 2007). "Harry Topping". SoccerData UK. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 261. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
^ "EURO 2008 Connections: Holland". Bristol Rovers FC. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
^ "RFC heeft Engelse, trainer. "Het Rotterdamsch parool". Rotterdam, 22 July 1948, p. 2. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 24 October 2022, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMSARO02:164871019:mpeg21:p00002
^ "Your Memories of 1958-59". Norwich City FC. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
^ "Torbay AC celebrates its 40th anniversary". Torbay Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.