Harry Stafford

Harry Stafford
Personal information
Date of birth 29 November 1869
Place of birth Crewe, England
Date of death 24 October 1940 (aged 70)
Place of death Montreal, Canada
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1890–1896 Crewe Alexandra 89 (2)
1896–1903 Newton Heath / Manchester United 184 (0)
Total 273 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Stafford (1869–1940) was an English footballer who played a principal role in the formation of Manchester United Football Club. Born in Crewe, Cheshire, Stafford became a locomotive boilermaker employed by the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) at the expansive Crewe Works.