5'11" 12st.
b. Stirling 11 October 1902
d. Stirling May 1973
 

Debut  22 April 1925 (22y 193d) Final Game 19 March 1932 (29y 159d)
CAREER: Fallin Violet;Stenhousemuir;Alloa Athletic;Blackburn Rovers Mar'25;East Stirling Sept'32-Oct'32 (loan)[19].
HONOURS FAC win (Blackburn Rovers) ’28.
 

FL        155 apps                 1 og
FAC       17 apps
CS           1 app
Total  173 apps  et 30m     1 og
Penalty record  F 29 Sc 21 Sv 4 M 3 Sv-R 1
Minutes per goal  49  Clean sheet %  17
Longest unbeaten 314m First conceded 17m
Most goals one game   6
LC        7 apps
Minutes per goal  42
 

It took confidence to survive a debut in which he conceded six goals but the stylish goalkeeper was never short of this. Playing behind a team who liked to attack constantly he had to accept that he would be left exposed and  he never let it trouble him. He gained a Scottish trial but more importantly was the goalkeeper in the 1928 cup winning side, his greatest moment coming in the semi-final when he broke Arsenal hearts with a perfect display. He struggled to gain a place initially because of the presence of Sewell and Cope but it was the arrival of Cliff Binns that ended his Ewood career. Desirous of first team football he was loaned to East Stirling where he sustained the injury that caused him to retire. He subsequently took over a tobacconists in Glasgow.