Henry Horton (18 April 1923 – 2 November 1998) was an English sportsman who played both association football and cricket.

[4] He joined fellow Second Division side Southampton ahead of the 1951–52 season, for their then club record fee of £10,000.

[7] He subsequently attracted attention from Joe Mallett at Leyton Orient and Norman Kirkman at Bradford Park Avenue, both former Southampton players in managerial positions.

[9] In this match, his teammate Dick Howorth implored Warwickshire bowler Jack Marshall to allow him an easy delivery to score his first run from.

[11] Alongside Leonard Blunt, Syd Buller, and Norman Whiting, he was not re-engaged by Worcestershire following the 1949 season.

at the County Ground, he scored a century and came to the attention of Hampshire coach and ex-Southampton player Arthur Holt.

[2] Following his unsuccessful spell with Worcestershire, Horton initially wanted to play cricket just for "fun", but asked to represent Hampshire in a minor match against the British Army team and made 99 runs.

[2] He signed professional terms for Hampshire in February 1953,[14] making his senior first eleven debut against Leicestershire at Portsmouth in the 1953 County Championship.

[9] Horton featured for Hampshire in fourteen first-class matches in 1953, including against the touring Australians,[9] and twice passed fifty runs in an innings.

[1][2] Coming into bat at number three behind the opening pair of the West Indian Roy Marshall, who had just qualified to play for Hampshire, and the all-rounder Jimmy Gray, he made 23 appearances during the 1955 season.

[2] His aggregate of runs in 1959 is the sixth highest in Hampshire's history, beaten only by Phil Mead (four times) and once by Roy Marshall.

[2] Horton was a member of Hampshire's team for their inaugural appearance in List A one-day cricket against Derbyshire in the 1963 Gillette Cup.

He played thirteen one-day matches for Hampshire, with his final appearance in the format coming in the 1967 Gillette Cup.

[25] After retiring from playing football, Horton spent the winter months whilst still engaged by Hampshire as a games' master at a private school in Colwall.

[27] He was subsequently added to the first-class umpires list by the Test and County Cricket Board for the 1973 season, alongside Barrie Meyer.

[29][30] He was not reappointed to the first-class umpires list ahead of the 1977 season,[31] and in July 1977 he returned to coach Worcestershire.