Biography
Left sided forward joined Hull City in June 1924, he was a regular choice in his first season at Anlaby Road and scored seven goals including a brace against Barnsley in October 1924. City boss Bill McCracken used Haworth more sparingly in the 1925/26 season, restricting him to just six starts. In his final game for City against Swansea Town in April 1926 Haworth scored twice, which was evidently enough to impress onlooking scouts as he left the club a month later for pastures new.
Ronald Haworth was born in Lower Darwen near Blackburn to parents employed in the Lancashire cotton mill industry. He joined Division One side Blackburn Rovers as an amateur in March 1922 and signed professional terms within a year, making his first team debut in April 1922 and scoring three goals in five starts at the end of the 1921/22 season. Haworth was an irregular choice for Rovers over the next two seasons and was an unpopular figure with the demanding Ewood Park crowd when he left the club in June 1924 having netted seven goals in 25 senior starts.
In May 1926 Haworth joined Division One side Manchester United and at the start of the season he twice started at inside left for the Red Devils. However he was not called upon again and joined Lancashire Combination side Darwen FC in August 1927, moving onto Barnoldswick Town in January 1929.
Haworth returned to live in Blackburn and died there in October 1973.
Details
Nationality: England
Date/Place of Birth: 10 March 1901, Lower Darwen
Hull City First Game: 20 September 1924, Portsmouth A (Division Two), 23 years, 194 days old
Hull City Final Game: 26 April 1926, Swansea Town H (Division Two), 25 years, 47 days old
Clubs
Blackburn Rovers (1922-1924), Hull City (1924-1926), Manchester United (1926-1927), Darwen (1927-1929), Barnoldswick Town (1929-1930)
Hull City Record
Career: 37 apps, 10 goals
Ronald Haworth| Season | LGE App | LGE Gls | FAC App | FAC Gls | FLC App | FLC Gls | EUR App | EUR Gls | OTH App | OTH Gls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924/25 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1925/26 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |