Henry Haslam (footballer)

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Henry North Haslam (5 June 1879 – 13 October 1942) was an English footballer who played as an outside left. He represented Great Britain at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a gold medal as captain of the Upton Park team. He was 5 ft 3 in tall.

Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, his father managed the Duke of Newcastle’s estates in Newark and Nottingham. Haslam went to Uppingham School and played football and cricket for Worksop. He played for several clubs, including Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Upton Park, Barnet and West Norwood, and he toured Belgium in 1900 with Tonbridge and on four continental tours with Upton Park.

Haslam served as a reservist with the West Yorkshire Regiment from 1915 to 1920. Later in life, he faced legal trouble: in 1926 he was imprisoned for 12 months for shopbreaking, and in 1937 he was jailed for three months for theft. He died in Nottingham in 1942 at the age of 63.