# Harold Mosby

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Harold Mosby
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1926|6|26}}
| birth_place = [Kippax](/source/Kippax%2C_West_Yorkshire), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|6|15|1926|6|26}}<ref>{{Hugman|14091|Harry Mosby}}</ref>
| death_place = [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham), England
| height =
| position = Winger
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Allerton Youth Club
| youthyears2 = 
| youthclubs2 = [Yorkshire Amateur](/source/Yorkshire_Amateur_A.F.C.)
| years1 = 1947–1950 
| years2 = 1950–1955 
| years3 = 1955–1956 
| years4 = 1956–1957 
| years5 = 1957–1958 
| years6 = 1958 
| years7 = 1958–1959 
| years8 = 1959 
| years9 = 1959–1960 
| years10 = 1959–1960
| clubs1 = [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United_F.C.) 
| clubs2 = [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.) 
| clubs3 = [Worksop Town](/source/Worksop_Town_F.C.) 
| clubs4 = [Crewe Alexandra](/source/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.) 
| clubs5 = [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn_F.C.) 
| clubs6 = [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_F.C.) 
| clubs7 = [Burton Albion](/source/Burton_Albion_F.C.) 
| clubs8 = [Denaby United](/source/Denaby_United_F.C.) 
| clubs9 = [Rawmarsh Welfare](/source/Rawmarsh_Welfare_F.C.) 
| clubs10 = [Wigan Athletic](/source/Wigan_Athletic_F.C.)
| caps1 = 26  
| caps2 = 149  
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| caps4 = 40  
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| goals1 = 9 
| goals2 = 21 
| goals3 =
| goals4 = 4
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'''Harold Mosby''' (26 June 1926 – 15 June 2007) was an English professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a forward.<ref>[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player2/haroldmosby.html Harold Mosby] Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database</ref> He is best remembered for his football at [Rotherham United](/source/Rotherham_United_F.C.) and [Scunthorpe United](/source/Scunthorpe_United_F.C.). He played in the first ever football league team and game for Scunthorpe United against Shrewsbury Town in August 1950. He was also made a life member of Scunthorpe United. Scored winning goal in [Worksop Town](/source/Worksop_Town_F.C.)'s most successful run in the FA Cup enabling them to reach the third round proper in 1955–56 season. This is still the furthest Worksop Town has gone in the competition.

Mosby also played 3 games scoring two goals for [Huddersfield Town](/source/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C.), just before the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), this was in the War Cup.

==References==
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Category:1926 births
Category:2007 deaths
Category:Footballers from Rotherham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C. players
Category:Rotherham United F.C. players
Category:Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Category:Worksop Town F.C. players
Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Category:King's Lynn F.C. players
Category:Scarborough F.C. players
Category:Burton Albion F.C. players
Category:Denaby United F.C. players
Category:Rawmarsh Welfare F.C. players
Category:Wigan Athletic F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from Kippax, West Yorkshire
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