Dave Harper (footballer)

Dave Harper

Personal information
Date of birth	(1938-09-29)29 September 1938
Place of birth	Peckham, London, England
Date of death	23 January 2013(2013-01-23) (aged 74)
Place of death	Eastbourne, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1965	Millwall	165	(4)
1965–1967	Ipswich Town	72	(2)
1967–1968	Swindon Town	4	(0)
1968–1971	Leyton Orient	85	(4)
Total		326	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Harper (29 September 1938 – 23 January 2013) was an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League. He was born in Peckham, London.

His son, Frank Harper, is a British actor whose roles include that of the father of a football-loving teenage girl (played by Keira Knightley) in Bend It Like Beckham (2002).