Harry Topping

Harry Topping (21 September 1913[2] – 2001) was an English football player (who played at full-back) and coach.

Topping was born in Kearsley, Lancashire[2] and spent time with several Football League clubs, including Manchester City and Exeter City, where he made one league appearance, before a short spell at New Brighton.

[2][3] During World War II he played for Stockport County, where he partnered his namesake Henry Westby Topping in several wartime matches in 1941–42.

[4] As a football coach, Topping managed RFC Rotterdam[5] and two of the Netherlands' biggest clubs in the early 1950s — Feyenoord between 1950 and 1951, and PSV between 1951 and 1952.

[2] He was coach to Norwich City in their run to the 1958–59 FA Cup semi-final.