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Harry Frank Ernest Bamford MBE (8 April 1914 – 4 June 1949) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion as a left back or outside left.[2]

Harry Bamford

Personal information
Full name	Harry Frank Ernest Bamford[1]
Date of birth	(1914-04-08)8 April 1914
Place of birth	Kingston upon Thames, England
Date of death	4 June 1949(1949-06-04) (aged 35)[1]
Place of death	Rochdale, England[1]
Position(s)	Left back, outside left
Youth career
	Ealing YMCA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Ealing Celtic
1936	Hayes	4	(0)
1936–1946	Brentford	0	(0)
	→ Aldershot (guest)
1946	→ Colchester United (guest)	1	(0)
1946	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Bamford served as a squadron sergeant major in the Royal Army Service Corps in Italy during the Second World War and was twice mentioned in dispatches.[3][4][5] He was later awarded an MBE.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1945–46[6]	—			2	0	2	0
Colchester United (guest)	1945–46[5]	Southern League	1	0	—		1	0
Career total			1	0	2	0	3	0

References

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