Henry Welfare

Henry Welfare

Personal information
Full name	Henry Welfare
Date of birth	(1888-08-20)20 August 1888
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	1 September 1966(1966-09-01) (aged 78)
Place of death	Angra dos Reis, Brazil
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906–1912	Northern Nomads	114	(119)
1912–1913	Liverpool	4	(1)
1913	Tranmere Rovers	8	(8)
1913–1924	Fluminense	166	(163)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Welfare (20 August 1888 – 1 September 1966) was an English footballer and teacher who lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fluminense Football Club

He arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 9 August 1913 to work as an English teacher on the Anglo-Brazilian Gym. Soon after, he started to play football for the Fluminense Football Club. He did wonders as a striker in his first training session and was quickly invited to join the squad. He played with Fluminense for 10 years, up to 1923. For his loyal service to the club, he was elected a Member For Life of the Fluminense's deliberative council.

Scoring record

With Fluminense, he held the extraordinary record of almost a goal per game, scoring 163 goals in 166 games. Welfare ended his career after scoring the winning goal for Fluminense against Botafogo, in 1924.

Back in England, his record was equally impressive with Northern Nomads, for whom Welfare scored 119 goals in 114 games over a six-year period.

External links

• Fluminense FC page on Welfare (in Portuguese)