Harry Cotton

Harry Cotton
Personal information
Full name	Henry Cotton
Date of birth	5 April 1882
Place of birth	Crewe, England
Date of death	1921 (aged 38–39)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Nantwich
Senior career*
Years	Team
1901–1905	Burslem Port Vale
	Crewe Alexandra
1908	Stoke
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Cotton (5 April 1882 – 1921) was an English footballer who played in goal for Nantwich, Burslem Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra, and Stoke in the 1900s.

Playing career

Cotton played for Nantwich, before joining Burslem Port Vale in May 1901.^[1] Preferred to William Chadwick, he played 29 Second Division games in the 1901–02 season.^[1] He played 32 league games in the 1902–03 and 1903–04 campaigns, and fended off competition from new signing Arthur Box to play 31 league games in the 1904–05 season.^[1] At this point he left the Athletic Ground and moved on to Crewe Alexandra.^[1] With Stoke missing a reliable custodian in the 1908–09 season, Cotton kept goal in two Birmingham & District League games, before being sacked from the Victoria Ground.^[1]

Source:^[2]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1901–02	Second Division	29	0	5	0	34	0
	1902–03	Second Division	32	0	1	0	33	0
	1903–04	Second Division	32	0	7	0	39	0
	1904–05	Second Division	31	0	2	0	33	0
	Total		124	0	15	0	139	0
Stoke	1908–09	Birmingham & District League	2	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			126	0	15	0	141	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 69. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Harry Cotton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)