Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #344
Appearances:
207
Starts:
207
Goals:
0
Seasons:
6
Source: Football card #34 Harry Morton issued by J A Pattreiouex under the Footballers In Action series, 1934.
Source: Football card #34 Harry Morton issued by J A Pattreiouex under the Footballers In Action series, 1934.
Harry Morton
Position
Goalkeeper
From
1931-32
To
1936-37
IMAGE CREDIT
Harry Morton
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Appearances
207 |
31 | 44 | 48 | 43 | 22 | 19 |
Starts
207 |
31 | 44 | 48 | 43 | 22 | 19 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Harold Morton
Birth Date
Saturday, 9 January 1909
Birth Place
Chadderton, Oldham
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
From
For
Free
On
October 1931
Previous Clubs
St. Luke’s School |
Chadderton Sunday School |
Oldham Boys |
Platt Brothers Ironworks FC |
Middleton Road Primitives |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Everton
For
Free
On
March 1937
Subsequent Clubs
1937-39 Everton |
Source: Football card #34 Harry Morton issued by J A Pattreiouex under the Footballers In Action series, 1934.
Source: Football card #34 Harry Morton issued by J A Pattreiouex under the Footballers In Action series, 1934.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1931-37 Aston Villa, Free, 207 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Billy Smith led Management Committee |
Jimmy McMullan |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 28 November 1931
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 28 November 1931
Manchester City (a), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 13 February 1937
Plymouth Argyle (h), Division Two
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 13 February 1937
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
England
Died
4 April 1974, Aged 65
Harry Morton
Player #344 for Aston Villa, Harold Morton, known as Harry Morton, and nicknamed Soldier played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Harry played for Villa between 1931-32 and 1936-37 making 207 appearances.
Harry was born in Chadderton, Oldham on 9 January 1909 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 28 November 1931 aged 22.
Harry Morton began his football career in junior football with Middleton Road Primitives in 1928 before a spell in the Army with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on the Rhine.
He was spotted by Villa scouts during a friendly match between Villa and the BAOR football team in Biebrich Germany.
Impressed by Harry’s performance Villa asked the British Army permission to take him on.
After a trial in October 1930, he was signed as an amateur and made his club debut for the reserves in a Central League game against Everton on 22nd November 1930.
He went on to sign as a professional in March 1931.
Harry was the 43rd custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and made his Football League debut almost exactly a year later against Manchester City at Maine Road on 28th November 1931, replacing regular ‘keeper Fred Biddlestone who had been injured before kick off.
By the end of the 1931-32 season Harry had permanently displaced Fred as Villa’s #1 and he would miss just one League game over the next three seasons, helping Villa to claim the runners-up position in the League Championship in the 1932-33 and reach the FA Cup semi-final in 1934, where they lost to eventual winners Manchester City at Leeds Road, Huddersfield.
Over his 207 appearances for Villa, Harry conceded 400 goals at a rate of 1.93 goals per game.
Harry played his last game for Villa on 13 February 1937 aged 28 in Division Two following Villa’s relegation the previous season, ahead of his move to Everton the following month.
Harry had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee, Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan
.
Harry passed away on 4 April 1974 aged 65 in his hometown of Chadderton.