Henry "Harry" Mowbray is a Scottish

Scotland

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 former professional football

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er. He played as a defender

Defender (football)

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.

Mowbray began his career in his native Scotland with Cowdenbeath

Cowdenbeath F.C.

Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor...

 in 1966. After one season with the Blue Brazil, he moved south to join Stan Mortensen

Stan Mortensen

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's Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

, signing for them on his 20th birthday. He made his debut for the Tangerines on August 29, 1967, in a 1–1 draw at Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

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 in the league, replacing the injured Bill Bentley

Bill Bentley

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. He went on to make a further 26 league appearances in the 1967–68

Blackpool F.C. season 1967-68

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 campaign, playing alongside Jimmy Armfield

Jimmy Armfield

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.

After sitting out the majority of the 1968–69

Blackpool F.C. season 1968-69

The 1968-69 season was Blackpool F.C.s 62nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eighth....

 season (with Bill Bentley

Bill Bentley

William John "Bill" Bentley is an English former professional football player. He played as a left-back....

 taking over his left-back role), he made only twelve league starts.

The following season, 1969–70

Blackpool F.C. season 1969-70

The 1969-70 season was Blackpool F.C.s 63rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second...

, saw him edge back in front of Bentley. He made 26 league appearances that season and also in 1970–71

Blackpool F.C. season 1970-71

The 1970–71 season was Blackpool F.C.s 64th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing bottom...

. He scored his first goal for the club in their FA Cup

FA Cup

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 third-round win against West Ham

West Ham United F.C.

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 at Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road

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 on January 2, 1971.

At the end of the season, after Blackpool had been relegated to Division Two

Football League Second Division

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, new manager Bob Stokoe

Bob Stokoe

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 made it clear that he was going to favour Bentley at left-back, and so Mowbray departed the seaside.

Jimmy Armfield, now manager at Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

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, re-signed the Scot, and he made 31 league appearances for the Trotters in two years.

In 1973, Mowbray returned to Scotland to sign for St. Mirren

St. Mirren F.C.

St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...

 for the 1973–74

1973-74 in Scottish football

The 1973–74 season was the 77th season of Scottish league football.-Scottish League Division One:Champions: Celtic Relegated: East Fife, Falkirk-Scottish League Division Two:Promoted: Airdrieonians, Kilmarnock...

 season. He then played in Australia

Australia

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for a few years, bringing his playing career to a close.