Appearances:
207 |
Starts:
207 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
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Goal Involvements:
Player #342
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.
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Goalkeeper
1931-32
1936-37
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Harry Morton
Harry Morton
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 |
Age
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 |
Squad #
Appearances
31 | 44 | 48 | 43 | 22 | 19 |
Starts
31 | 44 | 48 | 43 | 22 | 19 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists
Bookings
Red Cards
Games / Goals
Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 |
🥅
400 |
🔢
1.93 |
⛔
38 |
⛔ %
18% |
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
Harold Morton
Birth Date
9 January 1909
Birth Place
Chadderton, Oldham
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
St. Luke’s School |
Chadderton Sunday School |
Oldham Boys |
Platt Brothers Ironworks FC |
Middleton Road Primitives |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
Transfer in
Aged
22
From
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
For
Free
On
October 1931
Under
Billy Smith
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
28
Everton
To
For
Free
On
March 1937
Under
Jimmy Hogan
Subsequent Clubs
1937-39 Everton |
Died
4 April 1974, Aged 65
Villa Career
1931-37 Free, 207 | 0 | #342 |
Appearances
Unused
207
0
Goals
0
Played Under
Billy Smith led Management Committee
Jimmy McMullan
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
Manager
First Goal
1931-32
28 November 1931
Manchester City (a), Division One
22
No Substitutes in Period
Did not score
Appearances
Goals
207
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1936-37
13 February 1937
Plymouth Argyle (h), Division Two
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
Manager
28
No Substitutes in Period
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Harry Morton
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.
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.