Career
Duford played at the center forward position and represented the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey Association in 1913–1916. Over three seasons in the NHA Duford scored 13 goals in 45 games. He was born in Hawthorne, Ontario.
Duford fought with the Canadian military in World War I and was dangerously injured by an exploding shell in Somme, France, in 1917.
lieutenant left his right side paralyzed and disabled his speech, and he never played hockey again. He died at his home in Ottawa, May 21, 1950.