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Harry Ford (footballer, born 1893)

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For the Australian footballer, see Harry Ford (Australian footballer).

Harry Ford
Personal information
Full name Henry Thomas Ford[1]
Date of birth 1893
Place of birth Fulham, England
Date of death 1963 (aged 69–70)[2]
Height 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3]
Position(s) Outside right, inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1911 Fulham Amateurs
1911–1912 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1912–1924 Chelsea 248 (46)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Thomas Ford (1893–1963) was an English professional football outside right who made over 240 appearances in the Football League for Chelsea.[1]

Career

An outside right, Ford began his career with non-league clubs Fulham Amateurs and Tunbridge Wells Rangers.[4] He transferred to First Division club Chelsea in April 1912 for a fee of £50,[2] plus a further £50 if he played 10 first team matches.[4] He was a part of the Chelsea team which reached the 1915 FA Cup Final and played his final match for the club in November 1923,[5] by which time he had made 247 appearances and scored 46 goals.[2][6]

Personal life

In February 1916, 18 months after the outbreak of the First World War, Ford joined the Royal Flying Corps and trained as a rigger.[2] He held the rank of air mechanic and was discharged in March 1919.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1912–13[2] First Division 29 9 3 0 32 9
1913–14[2] 37 9 2 0 39 9
1914–15[2] 33 3 8 2 41 5
1919–20[2] 30 3 5 2 35 5
1920–21[2] 23 4 4 0 27 4
1921–22[2] 29 3 1 1 30 4
1922–23[2] 36 10 3 0 39 10
1923–24[2] 4 0 0 0 4 0
Career total 221 41 26 5 247 46

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 101. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Harry Ford – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Harry Ford Player Profile on Stamford-Bridge.com". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Ford Harry Chelsea 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Games played by Harry Ford in 1914/1915". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. ^ Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. p. 402. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.


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