An outside right, Ford began his career with non-League clubs Fulham Amateurs and Tunbridge Wells Rangers.
[5] He transferred to First Division club Chelsea in April 1912 for a fee of £50,[3] plus a further £50 if he played 10 first team matches.
[5] Ford was a part of the Chelsea team which reached the 1915 FA Cup Final and he played his final match for the club in November 1923,[6] by which time he had made 247 appearances and scored 46 goals.
[3][7] In February 1916, 18 months after the outbreak of the First World War, Ford joined the Royal Flying Corps and trained as a rigger.
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