| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Ford | ||
| Date of birth | 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Wishaw, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 3 May 1917 (aged 23–24) | ||
| Place of death | Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bellshill Athletic | |||
| 1913–1915 | Preston North End | 43 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Ford (1893 – 3 May 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Preston North End.
Personal life
After working in munitions in Scotland, Ford was called up to serve as a private in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) during the First World War. He was killed in France on 3 May 1917 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Preston North End | 1914–15 | Second Division | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Career total | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
Honours
Preston North End
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1914–15
References
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 101. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- John Ford on Lives of the First World War
- "Season Preview 1913/14 – Preston North End (The Athletic News)". Play up, Liverpool. 25 August 1913. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Hill, Mike (8 November 2020). "Preston North End's footballers killed in the First World War remembered". www.lep.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "John Ford | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Preston North End Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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- 1893 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Wishaw
- Scottish men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football outside forwards
- Bellshill Athletic F.C. players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Cameronians soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Military personnel from North Lanarkshire
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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