Harry Mountford
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{distinguish|Harry Montford}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Harry Mountford
| image =
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| fullname = Harry Washington Mountford
| birth_date = 17 May 18841939 England and Wales Register
| birth_place = Hanley, Staffordshire, England
| death_date = 1 February 1957 (aged 72)England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
| death_place = Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Hanley Swifts
| years1 = 1903–1907| clubs1 = Burslem Port Vale| caps1 = 96| goals1 = 28
| years2 = 1907–1911| clubs2 = Everton| caps2 = 25| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1911–1913| clubs3 = Burnley| caps3 = 28| goals3 = 10
| years4 = 1913–1915| clubs4 = Third Lanark| caps4 = 45| goals4 = 4
| totalcaps = 194| totalgoals = 47
}}
Harry Washington Mountford (17 May 1884 – 1 February 1957) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Burslem Port Vale, Everton, Burnley, and Third Lanark. He scored 43 goals in 150 league appearances in a ten-year career in the English Football League.
Career
=Burslem Port Vale=
Mountford began his career with Hanley Swifts before joining Burslem Port Vale as an amateur in June 1903.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=208|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}} He scored his first goal in the Second Division on 23 January 1904, in a 4–1 defeat at Glossop. He played a total of seven games in 1903–04, scoring two goals. He hit three goals in 28 appearances in 1904–05. He scored a hat-trick past Lincoln City in a 3–1 win at the Athletic Ground on 30 December 1905, and finished the 1905–06 season as the club's top-scorer with 15 goals in 37 appearances. He scored 11 goals in 37 games in 1906–07, before being transferred to Everton in June 1907, when Vale suffered a financial crisis and resigned from the English Football League. In his four seasons at Port Vale, Mountford made 109 appearances in league and cup competitions, and scored a total of 31 goals.
=Later career=
The "Toffees" finished 11th in the First Division in 1907–08, before finishing in second place in 1908–09, tenth in 1909–10, and then fourth in 1910–11. Mountford scored five goals in 25 league games in his four years at Goodison Park. He then followed Bert Freeman. He moved on to Burnley, helping the "Clarets" to finish third in the Second Division in 1911–12, before they won promotion with a second-place finish in 1912–13. Mountford scored ten goals in 29 league games in his two seasons at Turf Moor. He then moved to Scotland to play for Third Lanark{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} where he was a fairly regular starter for two seasons and featured in a Scottish Cup semi-final in the first (Thirds lost out to eventual winners Celtic).[http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1914-03-28%3A+Celtic+2-0+Third+Lanark%2C+Scottish+Cup+Semi-Final The Celts Succeed Comfortably], The Scotsman, 30 March 1914, via The Celtic Wiki
Career statistics
Source:{{ENFA}}[http://www.evertonfc.com/stats/?mode=player_details&player_id=524 Profile] evertonfc.com
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Burslem Port Vale
|7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| 1904–05
|Second Division |24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| 1905–06
|Second Division |33 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 15 | |
| 1906–07
|Second Division |32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 10 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!96 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 103 | 30 | |
| rowspan="5"|Everton
|10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1908–09
|First Division |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1909–10
|First Division |12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1910–11
|First Division |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
| rowspan="5"|Burnley
|Second Division |2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1911–12
|Second Division |10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1912–13
|Second Division |14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 1913–14
|Second Division |2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!28 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | |
| rowspan="3"|Third Lanark
|21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 4 | |
| 1914–15
|Scottish Division One |24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!45 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 5 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!194 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 208 | 50 |
Honours
Burnley
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1912–13
References
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Category:Footballers from Hanley, Staffordshire
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Port Vale F.C. players
Category:Third Lanark A.C. players
Category:English Football League players