Harry Haslam (footballer)

Harry Haslam

Personal information
Date of birth	1921?
Date of death	1986
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–1946?	Rochdale	0	(0)
1946–1947?	Oldham Athletic	2	(0)
1947?–1948?	Brighton and Hove Albion	0	(0)
1948?–1949?	Leyton Orient	7	(0)
1949?–?	Guildford City	?
Managerial career
?	Tonbridge
1972–1978	Luton Town
1978–1980	Sheffield United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Haslam (died 1986) was a footballer and manager in the Football League between the 1940s and 1980s.

Haslam played for Rochdale as an amateur, before moving to Oldham Athletic in 1946-47, for whom he made two League appearances. After a short spell with Brighton & Hove Albion he moved to Leyton Orient for 1948-49, with whom he made 7 League appearances, before joining Guildford City.

He managed Tonbridge in the 1960s, winning the Kent Senior Cup in 1964-65, and went on to manage the club on a record 552 occasions. Haslam became manager of Luton Town in 1972 and he led them to promotion to the Football League First Division for 1974-75.

In 1978 he became manager of Sheffield United, and he remained in charge until 1980.