Harry Draper

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Harry Draper | image = | fullname = Harry Draper<ref name=Joyce/> | height = | position = Inside left | birth_date = 1887 | birth_place = Chesterfield, England | death_date = Unknown | death_place = | years1 = | clubs1 = Stag's Head (Rotherham) | years2 = 1909–1910 | clubs2 = Rotherham County | years3 = 1910–1911 | clubs3 = Birmingham | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1911–19?? | clubs4 = Denaby United }} '''Harry Draper''' (1887 – after 1910) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham.<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=78 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref>

Draper was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He played local football in Rotherham and spent a season in the Midland League with Rotherham County before joining Birmingham of the Football League Second Division in April 1910.<ref name=Matthews84>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=84 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}</ref> Draper, a playmaker, made three first-team appearances in a struggling side; his debut came on 8 October 1910 in a 3–1 home defeat to Stockport County.<ref>Matthews, p. 157.</ref> He failed to settle, and returned nearer home in September 1911, joining Midland League club Denaby United.<ref name=Matthews84/>

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