Henry Cotton (5 April 1882 – 1921) was an English

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who played in

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for

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, Burslem Port Vale,

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, Wigan Town and

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in the 1900s.

Career

Cotton played for

, before joining Burslem Port Vale in May 1901. Preferred to William Chadwick, he played 29

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games in the 1901–02 season. He played 32 league games in the

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and 1903–04 campaigns, and fended off competition from new signing

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to play 31 league games in the 1904–05 season. At this point he left the Athletic Ground and moved on to

. Between the sticks for Nantwich during the 1906–07 season, he signed for Wigan Town in the summer of 1907. With

missing a reliable custodian in the 1908–09 season, Cotton kept goal in two Birmingham & District League games, before being sacked from the

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Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cotton, Harry Footballers from Crewe English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Nantwich Town F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Wigan Town A.F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players 1882 births 1921 deaths