Harry Washington Mountford (17 May 1884 â 1 February 1957) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Burslem Port Vale, Everton, Burnley, and Third Lanark. He scored 43 goals in 150 league appearances in a ten-year career in the English Football League.
Mountford began his career with Hanley Swifts before joining Burslem Port Vale as an amateur in June 1903. He scored his first goal in the Second Division on 23 January 1904, in a 4âÂÂ1 defeat at Glossop. He played a total of seven games in 1903âÂÂ04, scoring two goals. He hit three goals in 28 appearances in 1904âÂÂ05. He scored a hat-trick past Lincoln City in a 3âÂÂ1 win at the Athletic Ground on 30 December 1905, and finished the 1905âÂÂ06 season as the club's top-scorer with 15 goals in 37 appearances. He scored 11 goals in 37 games in 1906âÂÂ07, before being transferred to Everton in June 1907, when Vale suffered a financial crisis and resigned from the English Football League. In his four seasons at Port Vale, Mountford made 109 appearances in league and cup competitions, and scored a total of 31 goals.
The "Toffees" finished 11th in the First Division in 1907âÂÂ08, before finishing in second place in 1908âÂÂ09, tenth in 1909âÂÂ10, and then fourth in 1910âÂÂ11. Mountford scored five goals in 25 league games in his four years at Goodison Park. He then followed Bert Freeman. He moved on to Burnley, helping the "Clarets" to finish third in the Second Division in 1911âÂÂ12, before they won promotion with a second-place finish in 1912âÂÂ13. Mountford scored ten goals in 29 league games in his two seasons at Turf Moor. He then moved to Scotland to play for Third Lanark where he was a fairly regular starter for two seasons and featured in a Scottish Cup semi-final in the first (Thirds lost out to eventual winners Celtic).
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