Frank Mountford

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frank Mountford

| image =

| fullname = Frank Mountford

| birth_date = 30 March 1923

| birth_place = Askern, Doncaster, England

| death_date = 27 June 2006 (aged 83)

| death_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England

| position = Utility

| years1 = 1946–1958 | clubs1 = Stoke City | caps1 = 391 | goals1 = 21

}}

Frank Mountford (30 March 1923 – 27 June 2006) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}

Career

Mountford was thought to be one of many local start players to emerge from the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground during the 1940s but Mountford was born in Askern near Doncaster and moved to Stoke-on-Trent as a young boy. He broke into the first team during World War II and became one of the finest servants the club have had. During the War league seasons Mountford played as a centre forward and scored 23 goals during the 1940–41 season and 20 in 1942–43.

He gradually began to move out to defence and by the time Football League had resumed he was able to play in a number of positions and his best season in a Stoke shirt came in 1950–51 season where he played in every match at centre back in place of Neil Franklin who had caused controversy by moving to Colombia. He was a committed player who was always involved in the thick of the action and often required the attention of the club doctor. He retired in 1958 after making 425 appearances (600 including war league) scoring 24 goals. After hanging up his boots he moved to the back room staff and served as the club trainer and then coach until 1978.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="13"|Stoke City

|1945–46

|War League

|colspan="2"|—

8080
1946–47

|First Division

|26

041301
1947–48

|First Division

|35

220372
1948–49

|First Division

|40

541446
1949–50

|First Division

|37

500375
1950–51

|First Division

|42

231453
1951–52

|First Division

|28

130311
1952–53

|First Division

|37

520395
1953–54

|Second Division

|41

130441
1954–55

|Second Division

|40

030430
1955–56

|Second Division

|15

010160
1956–57

|Second Division

|39

010400
1957–58

|Second Division

|11

000110
colspan="3"|Career total

!391

2134342524

References