Harry Trainer

Harry Trainer

Personal information
Full name	Henry Trainer
Date of birth	1872
Place of birth	Wrexham, Wales
Date of death	May 1924 (aged 51)
Place of death	Wrexham, Wales
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1890–1891	Wrexham Victoria
1891–1893	Wrexham Grosvenor
1893–1894	Westminster Rovers
1894–1895	Wrexham
1895–1897	Leicester Fosse	31	(12)
1897–1899	Sheppey United
1899–1900	Wrexham
International career
1895	Wales	3	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Trainer (1872 – May 1924) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing three matches and scoring two goals. He played his first match on 16 March 1895 against Ireland and his last match on 23 March 1895 against Scotland.^[1] At club level, he played for Leicester Fosse and was topscorer of the team of the 1895–96 season with 14 goals.

Personal life

In January 1901, Trainer was sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour for breaking and entering, and theft of jewellery.^[2]

See also

• List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical)

References

1. "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
2. Brown, Paul (19 November 2019). "The Wales striker with more criminal convictions than caps". The Guardian.