5'7"  10st.10lb.
b. Blackburn 19 January 1889
d. Blackburn 8 June 1958
 

Debut  20 March 1915 (26y 60d) Final Game 3 January 1920 (30y 349d)
First Goal 20 March 1915 Final Goal 8 November 1919
CAREER: St Philip's;Victoria Cross;Blackburn Rovers Jun'11;Rochdale Jun'20;Oldham Athletic Dec'20 (£1,150)[5];Chorley Sep'22.

FL        13 apps 3 gls
War time
L           11apps  1 gl
SC           8 apps  1 gl
 

Byrom’s father John kept a café in Havelock Street. After working his way through local football he signed terms with the Rovers to be groomed as a player who could score goals with a view to being Shea's successor. He made his Central League debut in September 1911 and in the two seasons before the war he scored 36 goals for the reserves. Hostilities cost him the best part of his career and when he returned after the war he was less sharp. Scoring goals for Rochdale reserves prompted Oldham to pay a big fee for him but he was not a success at Boundary Park. After serving with the East Lancashire Regiment in France he deserted the army on 11 November 1918 and did not hand himself in until 29 May 1922. The army decided against the expense of a court martial and discharged him.