About Sam Hardy (footballer)
Sam Hardy was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Although Liverpool won the match 6–1, Watson remembered that if it hadn't been for the performance of Hardy that day, Liverpool could well have gone on to record their biggest-ever win. Hardy made his first team debut in the ninth game of the 1905–06 season, on 21 October 1905 at Anfield. Liverpool won the game 4–1 and Sam Hardy established himself as their first choice goalkeeper. By the end of his first season he had bagged a Football League First Division championship medal as Liverpool won their second title in five years.
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