Gordon Harris (footballer, born 1940)

Gordon Harris (2 June 1940 – 10 February 2014) was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Burnley and Sunderland.^[2] He was capped twice for England under-23 team while a Burnley player,^[3] and once for the full national team, on 5 January 1966 in a 1–1 draw with Poland, as a late replacement for the injured Bobby Charlton.^[4]

Gordon Harris

Personal information
Full name	Gordon Harris[1]
Date of birth	(1940-06-02)2 June 1940
Place of birth	Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death	10 February 2014(2014-02-10) (aged 73)
Place of death	Langold, Nottinghamshire, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Firbeck Colliery
1958–1967	Burnley	258	(69)
1967–1971	Sunderland	126	(16)
1971–1975	South Shields
International career
1961–1963	England U23	2	(1)
1966	England	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harris died of cancer on 10 February 2014.^[5]

Honours

Burnley

• Football League First Division: 1959–60
• FA Cup runner-up: 1961–62^[6]