Harry Ford | |
Fullname: | Henry Thomas Ford[1] |
Height: | [2] |
Birth Date: | 6 February 1893 |
Birth Place: | Fulham, England |
Death Date: | [3] |
Position: | Outside right, inside right |
Years1: | 1910–1911 |
Clubs1: | Fulham Amateurs |
Years2: | 1911–1912 |
Years3: | 1912–1924 |
Clubs2: | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
Clubs3: | Chelsea |
Caps3: | 248 |
Goals3: | 46 |
Henry Thomas Ford (6 February 1893–1963) was an English professional footballer who made over 240 appearances in the Football League for Chelsea as an outside right.
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, plus a further £50 if he played 10 first team matches. Ford was a part of the Chelsea team which reached the 1915 FA Cup Final and he played his final match for the club in November 1923, by which time he had made 247 appearances and scored 46 goals.[5]
In February 1916, 18 months after the outbreak of the First World War, Ford joined the Royal Flying Corps and trained as a rigger. He held the rank of air mechanic and was discharged in March 1919.
Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Chelsea | 1912–13 | First Division | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 9 | |
1913–14 | First Division | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 9 | ||
1914–15 | First Division | 33 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 5 | ||
1919–20 | First Division | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 5 | ||
1920–21 | First Division | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||
1921–22 | First Division | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 4 | ||
1922–23 | First Division | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | ||
1923–24 | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 221 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 247 | 46 |