# Henry Almond

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Harry John Almond
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| fullname      = Harry John Almond<ref name="Matthews"/>
| birth_date    = 17 April 1850
| birth_place   = [Westminster, London](/source/Westminster%2C_London), England
| death_date    = 12 March 1910 (aged 59)<ref name="Matthews"/>
| death_place   = At Sea, Venezuela<ref name="Matthews"/>
| position      = [Centre-forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) 
| years1        = 1867–1868 | clubs1  = [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School)            | caps1  = | goals1  = 
| years2        = 1868–1869 | clubs2  = [Stoke Ramblers](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) | caps2  = | goals2  = 
}}
'''Harry John Almond''' (17 April 1850 – 12 March 1910) helped form [Stoke Ramblers](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) (now Stoke City) in the 1860s.<ref name="Matthews">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Almond was born in [Westminster, London](/source/Westminster%2C_London) in 1850. He attended the private [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School) where he played association football with his house team Gownboys and the School's team.<ref name="Matthews"/> Almond had a major role in forming [Stoke Ramblers](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.) believed to have been in 1863 when Railway students from the Charterhouse School moved to [Stoke-upon-Trent](/source/Stoke-upon-Trent) to work as apprentices for the [North Staffordshire Railway](/source/North_Staffordshire_Railway).<ref name="Matthews"/> Amongst them was Henry Almond who was a keen sportsman and it is believed that he introduced organised club football to the local workers, although there is no record that matches took place.<ref name="Matthews"/> However, in 1868 it was reported in ''The Field'' newspaper that Stoke Ramblers had been formed with Almond as its captain and the club was to play under [association football](/source/association_football) rules.<ref name="Matthews"/> It remains unclear as to whether Stoke played any matches from 1863 to 1868.<ref name="Matthews"/> He played in and scored the first ever Stoke goal against E.W May's XV in a friendly on 17 October 1868.<ref name="Matthews"/> He left Staffordshire soon after to continue his career in railway.<ref name="Matthews"/> Later he became a successful Civil Engineer, going abroad to work in Costa Rica for the Venezuela-based La Guayra and Caracas Railway Company. He died at sea the age of 60.<ref name="Matthews"/>

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Category:English men's footballers
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:People who died at sea
Category:Footballers from the City of Westminster
Category:People from Westminster

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