Mountford, Ces

Ces Mountford, byname of Cecil Mountford, (born June 16, 1919, Blackball, N.Z.—died July 19, 2009, Gold Coast, Queens., Austl.), New Zealand rugby player and coach who was considered to be one of the best stand-off halfs in the sport. He joined Wigan (Lancashire, Eng.) in 1946 and in 1947–48 set an appearance record of 54 games in a season. In 1952 he moved to Warrington (Cheshire) as manager and steered them to seven trophies before leaving to coach Blackpool borough for two seasons. He later returned to New Zealand.