Reg Mountford

{{short description|English footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Reg Mountford

| fullname = Reginald Charles Mountford

| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|7|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Darlington, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1994|1908}}

| death_place =

| position = Full-back

| years1 = 1928–1929

| clubs1 = Darlington

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 1929–1939

| clubs2 = Huddersfield Town

| caps2 = 236

| goals2 = 7

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Boldklubben Frem

| manageryears2 = 1948

| managerclubs2 = Denmark

}}

Reginald Charles Mountford (16 July 1908 – 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Darlington and Huddersfield Town.{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Joyce |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |year=2012 |orig-year=2002| publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |isbn=978-1-905891-61-0 |page=212}} He went on to manage Copenhagen club Boldklubben Frem and the Denmark national team.

Mountford started his career at Darlington, making 12 appearances and scoring three goals before moving to Huddersfield Town in 1929. He made 236 appearances and scored seven goals up until the outbreak of World War II (his three appearances in the 1939–40 season were struck from the record).

He played one wartime international for England in a 3–2 defeat against Scotland at St James' Park on 8 February 1941 in front of a crowd of 25,000.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/memories/9868064.The_Quakers_Dane/|title=The Quakers Dane|work=The Northern Echo|date=10 August 2012|accessdate=24 October 2018}}{{Cite web |title=England v Scotland, 08 February 1941 |work=11v11.com |publisher=Association of Football Statisticians |accessdate=7 January 2019 |url= https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-scotland-08-february-1941-225086/}} After the war, he emigrated to Denmark and managed Boldklubben Frem in Copenhagen. He managed the Denmark national team for the 1948 Olympics, winning a bronze medal.

After returning to England, he lived near Brighton. He died in 1994.