fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
henry stirzaker 1894-1903 blackpool ? 154 ? 14 fleetwood , england defender 1869 harry stirzaker
 harry stirzaker
harry stirzaker

henry `` harry '' stirzaker -lrb- born 1869 in fleetwood -rrb- was an english professional footballer .
he played as a defender and spent his entire professional career with blackpool .
after joining blackpool from fleetwood rangers in 1894 , stirzaker started blackpool 's first-ever game in the football league , a 3 -- 1 defeat at lincoln city on 5 september 1896 .
he went on to appear in all but the final three games of the 1896 -- 97 season , scoring four goals .
along with two other imports from fleetwood rangers -- bob birkett and jack scott -- stirzaker was the mainstay of blackpool 's fledgling football league team of the early part of the 20th century .
in 1897 -- 98 , stirzaker made 25 league appearances and scored one goal .
over the next three seasons , he made 93 league appearances and scored nine goals -lrb- six of which came in 1900 -- 01 -rrb- .
stirzaker stood in as an emergency goalkeeper for blackpool 's opening game of the 1901 -- 02 season , when the club 's first-choice ` keeper , joe dorrington , was unavailable .
in 1902 -- 03 , stirzaker made only nine appearances after being edged out of the team by utility player geordie anderson , who could either play in defence or in the forward line .
stirzaker 's final game for blackpool occurred on 13 april 1903 , in the final game of the season -- a 2 -- 1 victory over chesterfield at bloomfield road .
