Reginald Charles Mountford (16 July 1908 – 1994) was an English professional

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who played as a full-back in the

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for

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

and

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. He went on to manage Copenhagen club

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and the Denmark national team. Mountford started his career at

, making 12 appearances and scoring three goals before moving to

in 1929. He made 236 appearances and scored seven goals up until the outbreak of

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(his three appearances in the 1939–40 season were struck from the record). He played one wartime international for

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in a 3–2 defeat against

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on 8 February 1941 in front of a crowd of 25,000. After the war, he emigrated to Denmark and managed

in Copenhagen. He managed the Denmark national team for the 1948 Olympics, winning a bronze medal. After returning to England, he lived near

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. He died in 1994.

References

1908 births 1994 deaths Footballers from Darlington English men's footballers English Football League players Men's association football fullbacks England men's wartime international footballers Darlington F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Brentford F.C. wartime guest players English football managers Boldklubben Frem managers Denmark national football team managers English expatriate football managers English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate football managers in Denmark {{England-footy-defender-1900s-stub