Walter Harris was an English football manager.
Football career
Walter Harris served as a devoted member to the Spanish football society, during his time he also of accumulated a massage and bath business in Droitwich Spa. He may have possibly been a player who went by the name Walter Harris, based on archive records in 1906 at Barcelona of the same name, although this is not confirmed. It is here he may have begun his career in Spanish football, eventually going on to become a club manager within Spain.El Mundo Deportivo, April 1906 El Mundo Deportivo, February 1906
Known in Spanish football as Mr. Harris, arrived in Spain in 1922 to coach the historic team Real Unión. In 1922 he was the coach of the Basque Country.El Mundo Deportivo, June 1922 In 1924 he moved to Paris, where he carried out work as a masseur and assistant manager of the France national team in the Paris Olympics of 1924, he became assistant trainer to Tom Griffiths. The data on his career is difficult to collect due to limited sources of information available around that time period. He became manager of several Spanish clubs such as Real Unión,El Mundo Deportivo, May 1922 Athletic Bilbao,El Mundo Deportivo, June 1985 Celta Vigo,El Mundo Deportivo, April 1923 Osasuna, Alavés,El Mundo Deportivo, November 1928 Real Málaga, Atlético Madrid and Hércules.
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