Ken Mountford
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Personal information
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| Full name | Kenneth Henry James Mountford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1924 New Zealand |
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| Died | 19 January 1967 (aged 42) Strongman Mine, New Zealand |
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Playing information
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback, Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenneth Henry James "Ken" Mountford (27 May 1924 – 19 January 1967) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country. He was the brother of fellow players, Ces Mountford and Bill Mountford.
Mountford played for Blackball during the 1940s along with his two brothers, Blackball held the Thacker Shield at the time. He represented both the West Coast and the South Island.
He played for the New Zealand Kiwis in six test matches on the 1947 tour of Great Britain and France.
A coal miner, Mountford was one of 19 miners who lost their lives in the Strongman Mine gas explosion on 19 January 1967.
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