HHT Exhibitions - Hibernian Internationalists
Display Case 1 - 'The Early Years'
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- Welsh Jersey as worn by Bobby Atherton - early 1900s
- Cap won by George Stewart - Wales 1906. Purchased by the Hibernian Historical Trust.
- Portrait of legendary goalkeeper Willie Harper [Donated by the family]
- Scottish International Cap awarded to Willie Harper - 1925-26 England and Ireland
- Series of letters written by Harry Rennie in 1936 and a photograph depicting him at the time.
- Photo: Willie Harper (far left) pictured with 1920's teammate Jimmy McColl at the Hibernian Centenary Dinner in 1975. Standing at the back: Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly and Eddie Turnbull.
Featured Players: Bobby Atherton, John Kennedy, Paddy Callaghan, Willie Harper, Willie Groves, James Main, Harry Rennie, James McGhee, James Lundie, Patrick Farrell, Willie Gowdy, Jack Jones, Harry Ritchie, James Dunn, Peter Kerr.
Text: The First International, The Great Side of the 1920s, Harry Rennie Letters.