Today marks the anniversary of the passing of Swindon Town’s greatest goal scorer of all time, Harry Morris.

One of only two men to have netted 200 goals during their stay at the County Ground - the other was Harold Fleming - Harry created seven club records in seven seasons.

Only two have since been equalled and none has been surpassed.

A shrewd signing by secretary-manager Sam Allen in June 1926 - at just £110 from Swansea - Morris was only 5’9” but, at almost 13 stones, he was strong and muscular.

Born into a Jewish community in Spitalfields in east London, Morris began learning his trade on the playing fields of Hackney Marshes. His Town career got off to a perfect start with a hat-trick on his debut in a 5-1 win over Southend.

And he registered another just two days later in a 4-2 victory over Exeter.

From the end of October Morris then began a sequence of eleven League games during which he found the net at least once.

Swindon benefitted with eight wins from eight in November and December, as Harry grabbed a four and a five during a 16-goal haul.

His tally for that first season ended on a remarkable 48 goals from 43 games.

A five-goal spree against Queens Park Rangers remains a high for a Town player in a Football League fixture, although this was equalled in November 1965 by Keith East.

But East could not replicate Harry’s five in an away game at Norwich in April 1930.

At the end of the 1932/33 season - at the age of 35 - Harry was granted a free transfer, bringing the curtain down on a County Ground career that had brought 229 goals in just 279 games.

He briefly joined Clapton Orient and then Cheltenham Town, but in 1938 Harry and his wife Edith migrated to Sweden - a neutral safe haven for Jews during the War.

While there he coached at Gothenburg, also working for the British Consulate in Stockholm.

When Town were without a manager in 1955, Harry applied for a coaching position at the club, but he was unsuccessful and went to the United States to work for the British Information Service in New York.

He died in San Mateo California aged 88 on 20 December 1985.