Harry Pringle
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Henry "Harry" Pringle was an English professional footballer who scored 60 goals from 292 appearances in the Football League
The Football League
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 playing as a forward for Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

.

Football career

Pringle was born in Perkinsville, County Durham
Perkinsville, County Durham
Perkinsville is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated immediately to the north of Pelton, to the north-west of Chester-le-Street....

. He began his football career with Craghead United, and was briefly on the books of Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
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 before returning to the north-east to play for Chester-le-Street. In 1922, Pringle joined Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

. He made his debut on 26 August 1922 in a 3–1 defeat away to Halifax Town
Halifax Town A.F.C.
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 in the Football League Third Division North
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. Pringle finished the 1922–23 season as the club's joint leading scorer alongside Tommy Griffiths
Tommy Griffiths (footballer)
Thomas "Tommy" Griffiths was an English professional footballer who scored 7 goals from 28 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Lincoln City and Ashington....

, though the pair scored only seven goals apiece. Two years later, Pringle was again Lincoln's top scorer, with 15 goals from League and FA Cup
FA Cup
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 games. In all, he remained with the club for twelve seasons, becoming the first player to play in more than 300 League and FA Cup games for Lincoln City, finishing with 64 goals from 315 games, and set a club record (since broken) of 292 appearances in the Football League
The Football League
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. He married the daughter of a director of the club.

His playing style was described as that of "an enthusiastic team man, a hard working forager and provider for others, but never a great shot. His best displays have been given on heavy grounds, as apparently he experiences some difficulty in controlling a light ball."

Pringle left Lincoln City in 1934 to become Grantham
Grantham Town F.C.
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's first player-manager. As player, he scored on his debut in the Midland League
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, and played at least occasionally until 1940. As manager, he led the club to the First Round Proper of the 1935–36 FA Cup, and won the Lincolnshire Senior Cup
Lincolnshire Senior Cup
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 in 1937 for only the second time in the club's history. However, Grantham's financial problems meant he stepped down as manager at the start of the 1937–38 season, but stayed with the club as trainer for a further 14 years. During the 1950s Pringle acted as trainer for the works team
Works team
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 of Aveling Barford
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, the Grantham
Grantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

-based manufacturer of steamroller
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s.

Pringle died in Grantham in 1965 at the age of 64.
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