Fowler: Henry Norman (Norman)

WW2 Guest: 1941-1942 (Leeds United War-time Guest Player Details)

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Born: Stockton: 03-09-1919

Debut: v York City (a): 06-09-1941

5'8 1/4" 11st (1949)

Played for Oxbridge Boys School Stockton, being capped three times as an England Schoolboy International, Fowler started with the famous Middlesbrough club South Bank. After playing in the South Bank North Riding Senior Cup winning of 1935-36, he joined First Division Middlesbrough in September 1936 and though only eighteen made two appearances for them in the 1937-38 season. He had made seven League appearances before World War Two brought the Football League fixtures to an end. He did guest for Boro during the war and played two games in the League in 1940-41 and two more League games and one Cup game in 1941-42. He also guested for Leeds United and after making his debut at Right Back on 6th September 1941 in a 0-1 defeat at Bootham Crescent to York City in the 1941-42 Football League Northern Section (First Championship) he played a total of seven games at Right Back and five at Left Back in that competition and played one game in both of the fullback positions in the Second Championship Competition. He was back the following season but only played the first three games of the First Championship competition, the first being at Right Back and the other two being at Left Back. He also guested for Hartlepool United, playing three games for them in the 1939-40 season, and Bradford City, where he played twice in 1940-41. When the Football League recommenced he signed for Third Division North Hull City in September 1946 and he played fifty-two League games, including fourteen in the Tigers’ 1948-49 Third Division North Championship season, and one F.A. Cup tie before leaving to join Third Division North Gateshead in November 1949. He made sixty-four League appearances and three in the F.A. Cup before going into Non-League football with Scarborough and finished his career with his home-town team Stockton. He also Managed the club and later becoming the respected chairman of Norton and Stockton Ancients, a position he held until his death in 1990.