5'8"  11st.
b.  Blackburn  11 November 1924
d.  Leicester September 1996
 

Debut  6 April 1940 (15y 146d) Final Game 7 May 1949 (24y 177d)
CAREER: St Barnabas's School;Blakey Moor School;Blackburn Rovers Jun'39 (am) Feb'43 (pro);Coventry City Jul'49[87];Rugby Town '55;Bedworth Town Jul'56
 

FL         76 apps
FAC        8 apps
Total    84 apps  et 30m
Emergency goalkeeper  1 g 40 m 2 gls
War time
NWRL   64 apps  10 gls
LC           4 apps

Only the second Blackburn born player to be selected for the England Schoolboy side his development was delayed by the Second World War. With a good left foot the blond player might have expected a long run in the side but the sudden appearance of Bill Eckersley forced him to search for a future elsewhere. Eventually he signed for Coventry which meant that he had to sell his shop in Oswaldtwistle but he had four good years in the midlands.