Harry Ford (footballer, born 1893)
Personal information | |||
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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
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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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
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 101. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Harry Ford Player Profile on Stamford-Bridge.com". stamford-bridge.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Ford Harry Chelsea 1920". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Games played by Harry Ford in 1914/1915". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Harry Ford at Soccerbase
- 1893 births
- 1963 deaths
- Footballers from Fulham
- English footballers
- Association football outside forwards
- Association football inside forwards
- Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Royal Air Force personnel of World War I
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Southern Football League players
- Royal Flying Corps soldiers
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs