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{{Short description|English footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Henry Frederick Brophy
| name = Harry Brophy
| image =
| image =
| fullname = Henry Frederick Brophy
| fullname = Henry Frederick Brophy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|10|22|df=y}}
| cityofbirth = [[Leicester]]
| birth_place = [[Leicester]], England
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|11|6|1916|10|22|df=y}}
| countryofbirth = England
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| death_place = [[Bedford]], England
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| dateofdeath = {{death date and age|1996|11|6|1916|10|22|df=y}}
| cityofdeath = [[Bedford]]
| height =
| position = [[Defender (football)|Half-back]]
| countryofdeath = England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| youthyears1 = 1933–1936
| position = [[Defender (football)|Half-back]]
| youthclubs1 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| youthyears1 = 1933–1936
| youthyears2 = 1934–1935
| youthclubs1 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| youthclubs2 = →[[Canterbury Waverley F.C.|Canterbury Waverley]] (loan)
| youthyears2 = 1934–1935
| youthclubs2 = →[[Canterbury Waverley F.C.|Canterbury Waverley]] (loan)
| youthyears3 = 1935–1936
| youthyears3 = 1935–1936
| youthclubs3 = →[[Margate F.C.|Margate]] (loan)
| youthclubs3 = →[[Margate F.C.|Margate]] (loan)
| years1 = 1936–1938
| years1 = 1936–1938
| clubs1 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| clubs1 = [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| caps1 = 0
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1938–1939
| years2 = 1938–1939
| clubs2 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| clubs2 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| caps2 = 37
| caps2 = 37
| goals2 = 5
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1949–1952
| years3 = 1949–1952
| clubs3 = [[Corinthian Club F.C.|Corinthian Club]]
| clubs3 = [[Corinthian F.C. (Brisbane) | Corinthian F.C.]] (Brisbane)
| caps3 =
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| goals3 =
| manageryears1 = 1954–1955
| manageryears1 = 1954–1955
| managerclubs1 = [[Australia national football Captain and coach (soccer) team|Australia]]
| managerclubs1 = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
| manageryears2 = 1957–1959
| manageryears2 = 1957–1959
| managerclubs2 = [[Mauritius national football team|Mauritius]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Mauritius national football team|Mauritius]]
| manageryears3 = 1962
| manageryears3 = 1962
| managerclubs3 = [[Sydney Prague]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Sydney Prague]]
| manageryears4 = 1963
| manageryears4 = 1963
| managerclubs4 = [[Sydney Croatia]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Sydney Croatia]]
}}
}}

'''Henry Frederick Brophy''' (22 October 1916 – 6 November 1996) was an [[England|English]] professional [[footballer (soccer)|footballer]] who played for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in the years immediately before [[World War II]]. After the war, he emigrated to [[Australia]] where he coached and captained the [[Australia national football (soccer) team|national football team]], including acting as team manager for two games in 1954 and 1955.
'''Henry Frederick Brophy''' (22 October 1916 – 6 November 1996) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who played for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in the years immediately before [[World War II]]. After the war, he emigrated to Australia where he coached and captained the [[Australia men's national soccer team|national football team]], including acting as team manager for two games in 1954 and 1955.


==Early career==
==Early career==
He was born in [[Leicester]], but moved to [[North London]] as a child. He captained [[Islington]] schoolboys to the English Schools Shield in 1931 (aged 14) and his maturity was soon spotted by [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] who signed him up as a trainee in 1933. He never appeared for Arsenal's first team and was sent out on loan, firstly to [[Canterbury Waverley F.C.|Canterbury Waverley]] of the [[Kent Football League|Kent League]] and then to [[Margate F.C.|Margate]] (Arsenal's nursery team) for the 1935–36 season. He signed professional papers for Arsenal in May 1936, and was then sent out on loan again, this time to [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]. He broke a leg when playing in a reserve match for Brighton against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] (in a tackle with [[Fred Briggs (footballer)|Fred Briggs]] whom he was later to partner in Southampton's forward line). He returned to [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] but failed to break into the first team.<ref name="ABC"/>
Brophy was born in [[Leicester]], but moved to [[North London]] as a child. He captained [[Islington]] schoolboys to the English Schools Shield in 1931 (aged 14) and his maturity was soon spotted by [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] who signed him up as a trainee in 1933. He never appeared for Arsenal's first team and was sent out on loan, firstly to [[Canterbury Waverley F.C.|Canterbury Waverley]] of the [[Kent Football League|Kent League]] and then to [[Margate F.C.|Margate]] (Arsenal's nursery team) for the 1935–36 season. He signed professional papers for Arsenal in May 1936, and was then sent out on loan again, this time to [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]]. He broke a leg when playing in a reserve match for Brighton against [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] (in a tackle with [[Fred Briggs (footballer)|Fred Briggs]] whom he was later to partner in Southampton's forward line). He returned to [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] but failed to break into the first team.<ref name="ABC"/>


==Southampton==
==Southampton==
Whilst with the "Gunners" his potential had been spotted by [[Tom Parker (footballer)|Tom Parker]] and in May 1938, now the Saints manager, Parker signed him for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]. Although Brophy was normally a [[Defender (football)|half back]], he was drafted in as [[centre forward]] for the first three games of the [[1938-39 in English football|1938–39 season]] in the absence of [[Reg Tomlinson]]. Brophy scored in each of the first three games of the season before injury sidelined him for two games. Unfortunately, all three games ended as defeats, setting the tone for the rest of the season. He came back into the side, this time at [[left half]] and scored again. After that flurry of goals, he only scored once more.<ref name="ABC">{{cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages = 47–48|isbn=0-9514862-3-3}}</ref> During his only full season at [[The Dell (Southampton F.C.)|The Dell]] he also played at right half, centre half and full back. In all he made 37 league appearances, scoring five goals as the season ended with "the Saints" in 18th place in the table.
Whilst with the "Gunners" his potential had been spotted by [[Tom Parker (footballer, born 1897)|Tom Parker]] and in May 1938, now the Saints manager, Parker signed him for [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]. Although Brophy was normally a [[Defender (football)|half back]], he was drafted in as [[centre forward]] for the first three games of the [[1938-39 in English football|1938–39 season]] in the absence of [[Reg Tomlinson]]. Brophy scored in each of the first three games of the season before injury sidelined him for two games. All three of the games ended as defeats, setting the tone for the rest of the season. He came back into the side, this time at [[left half]] and scored again. After that flurry of goals, he only scored once more.<ref name="ABC">{{cite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages = 47–48|isbn=0-9514862-3-3}}</ref>


The outbreak of war then brought Brophy's playing career to a premature end. He initially joined the police before joining the [[Merchant Navy]] and served on the hospital ship "[[St Andrew]]" during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in 1940. During the war he guested for several clubs including [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] and [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and Clapton Orient.<ref name="ABC"/>
The outbreak of war then brought Brophy's playing career to a premature end. He initially joined the police before joining the [[Merchant Navy]] and served on the hospital ship "''[[TSS St Andrew (1931)|St Andrew]]''" during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] in 1940. During the war he guested for several clubs including [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] and [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and Clapton Orient.<ref name="ABC"/>


==Coaching in Australia==
==Coaching in Australia==
In 1949 he emigrated to [[Queensland]] and joined [[Corinthian Club F.C.|Corinthian Club]] in [[Brisbane]]. He graduated to coaching for [[Australia national football team|Australia]] and took charge of the team in 1954<ref>{{cite web | title=Socceroo Internationals for 1954| work=www.ozfootball.net| url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1954A.html| accessdate=8 December 2007}}</ref> and 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=Socceroo Internationals for 1955| work=www.ozfootball.net| url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1955A.html| accessdate=8 December 2007}}</ref> After a time coaching the [[Mauritius national football team]], in 1960 he returned to England to obtain his coaching badges at [[Lilleshall Hall]]. He then returned to Australia in 1961 to coach firstly at [[Melbourne Hakoah|Hakoah Sports]] in [[Melbourne]], before moving on to [[Hellenic F.C.]] in Brisbane and [[Sydney Prague]] where he became manager in 1962.
In 1949 he emigrated to [[Queensland]] and joined [[Corinthian F.C. (Brisbane) |Corinthian F.C.]] in [[Brisbane]]. He graduated to coaching for [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and took charge of the team in 1954<ref>{{cite web | title=Socceroo Internationals for 1954| work=www.ozfootball.net| url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1954A.html| accessdate=8 December 2007}}</ref> and 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=Socceroo Internationals for 1955| work=www.ozfootball.net| url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1955A.html| accessdate=8 December 2007}}</ref>

In 1989 he returned once again to [[England]] where he settled in [[Bedford]].


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:10, 17 June 2024

Harry Brophy
Personal information
Full name Henry Frederick Brophy
Date of birth (1916-10-22)22 October 1916
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 6 November 1996(1996-11-06) (aged 80)
Place of death Bedford, England
Position(s) Half-back
Youth career
1933–1936 Arsenal
1934–1935 →Canterbury Waverley (loan)
1935–1936 →Margate (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1938 Arsenal 0 (0)
1938–1939 Southampton 37 (5)
1949–1952 Corinthian F.C. (Brisbane)
Managerial career
1954–1955 Australien
1957–1959 Mauritius
1962 Sydney Prague
1963 Sydney Croatia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Frederick Brophy (22 October 1916 – 6 November 1996) was an English professional footballer who played for Southampton in the years immediately before World War II. After the war, he emigrated to Australia where he coached and captained the national football team, including acting as team manager for two games in 1954 and 1955.

Early career

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Brophy was born in Leicester, but moved to North London as a child. He captained Islington schoolboys to the English Schools Shield in 1931 (aged 14) and his maturity was soon spotted by Arsenal who signed him up as a trainee in 1933. He never appeared for Arsenal's first team and was sent out on loan, firstly to Canterbury Waverley of the Kent League and then to Margate (Arsenal's nursery team) for the 1935–36 season. He signed professional papers for Arsenal in May 1936, and was then sent out on loan again, this time to Brighton & Hove Albion. He broke a leg when playing in a reserve match for Brighton against Reading (in a tackle with Fred Briggs whom he was later to partner in Southampton's forward line). He returned to Highbury but failed to break into the first team.[1]

Southampton

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Whilst with the "Gunners" his potential had been spotted by Tom Parker and in May 1938, now the Saints manager, Parker signed him for Southampton. Although Brophy was normally a half back, he was drafted in as centre forward for the first three games of the 1938–39 season in the absence of Reg Tomlinson. Brophy scored in each of the first three games of the season before injury sidelined him for two games. All three of the games ended as defeats, setting the tone for the rest of the season. He came back into the side, this time at left half and scored again. After that flurry of goals, he only scored once more.[1]

The outbreak of war then brought Brophy's playing career to a premature end. He initially joined the police before joining the Merchant Navy and served on the hospital ship "St Andrew" during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. During the war he guested for several clubs including Huddersfield Town, Fulham and Crystal Palace and Clapton Orient.[1]

Coaching in Australia

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In 1949 he emigrated to Queensland and joined Corinthian F.C. in Brisbane. He graduated to coaching for Australia and took charge of the team in 1954[2] and 1955.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  2. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1954". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1955". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
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