{{Short description|English football referee}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2007}} {{Infobox football official | name = Harry Nattrass | birth_date = 1898<ref name="Birth">[http://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1580 Harry Nattrass' profile at European Football]</ref> | birth_place = Seaham, County Durham, England | death_date = | death_place = | otheroccupation = | years1 = 1933–1947 | league1 = Football League | role1 = Referee | internationalyears1 = | confederation1 = | internationalrole1 = }}
'''Harry Nattrass''' (born 1898, date of death unknown) was an English football referee who hailed from Seaham, in County Durham.
==Career as a referee== He was a Football League referee from 1933 until the 1946–47 season, having actively participated as a match official during the Second World War. Perhaps his most famous match was the one between Scotland and Germany at Ibrox on Wednesday, 14 October 1936.<ref>[http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~cjbs13/Swastikas%20over%20Ibrox.html Scotland v. Germany] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806074246/http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~cjbs13/Swastikas%20over%20Ibrox.html |date=6 August 2007 }}, 1936: ''Strathclyde University'' website.</ref> That international signalled the arrival in Scotland of the team that represented the Nazi regime in Germany and there was concern that the game would be precipitated by demonstrations.{{citation needed|date=July 2007}}
Nattrass' performance in the 1936 FA Cup Final between Sheffield United and Arsenal at Wembley went without comment. The match was won by the latter, courtesy of a Ted Drake goal.<ref>[http://www.chrishobbs.com/1936faccupfinal.htm FA Cup Final 1936]: ''ChrisHobbs'' personal website.</ref>
==As a scout for Newcastle== After finishing with his refereeing career Nattrass was employed by Newcastle United as a scout in the 1960s and 1970s and he 'discovered' Irving Nattrass,<ref>[http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/newcastleunited/news/tm_objectid=16812772&method=full&siteid=50081&headline=face-to-face--irving-nattrass-name_page.html Mentioned by Irving Nattrass] during an interview: ''ICNewcastle'' website.</ref> who was not related though sharing the same surname.<ref>[http://www.toonarama.co.uk/players/penpics/n/irving_nattrass.html Harry's major discovery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207163558/http://www.toonarama.co.uk/players/penpics/n/irving_nattrass.html |date=7 February 2009 }} as a scout for Newcastle United: ''Toonarama'' website.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{succession box|title=FA Cup Final Referee|before=Bert Fogg|after=R. G. Rudd ||years=1936}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nattrass, Harry}} Category:English football referees Category:Sportspeople from Seaham Category:1898 births Category:Year of death missing