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About Harry Welfare:
Born: August 20, 1888: Liverpool (Merseyside), England.
Passed away: September 1, 1966: Angra dos Reis, in Brazil.
Position: Centre forward.
Height: 175 cm. (5ft. 9in.);
Weight: 68 kilos (10st. 10lb.).
** Source for height and weight: Lloyds Weekly News: August 25, 1912.
Career:
Northern Nomads.
St. Helens Recreation.
Garston Gas Works: Signed: August. 1910.
Southport Central: 1911.
Northern Nomads. September, 1911.
Liverpool: Signed: May 17, 1912.
* Signed amateur forms.
** According to newspaper reports left for Argentina in May 1913 to work as a gymnastic instructor. (Media were most likely wrong on the destination. Welfare later appears in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil).
Fluminense: Signed: August. 1913.
* Retired in 1924.
Manager: Vasco da Gama: Appointed: November 18, 1926.
There are some great pages in honour of Henry Welfare on the net. One in English here, and one in Portuguese here.
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