5'7" 10st.
b. Sheffield 25 December 1916
d. Normandy 16 June 1944
 

Debut  27 August 1938 (21y 244d) Final Game 8 June 1940 (23y 165d)
First Goal 27 August 1938 Final Goal 1 June 1940
CAREER: Mosborough Trinity;Frickley Colliery;Mexborough Town;Torquay United Sep'34[12-9];Birmingham City Jan'36 (ex Halsall)[31-9];Blackburn Rovers Jul'38.
HONOURS 2 Div Ch (Blackburn Rovers) ’39.
 

FL        38 apps  21 gls   3g 1
FAC       4 apps    2 gls
Total   42 apps  23 gls
Penalty record  T 4 Sc 3 Sv 1
Strike rate   164 mins
War time
FLWC   9 apps 7 gls  3g-1
Penalty record  T 2 Sc 1 Sv 1
 

A man so desperate to succeed that he walked from Yorkshire for a trial at Torquay he became a brief scoring sensation in Devon but Birmingham were unimpressed and let him go cheaply. He was then a right winger but Bob Compton recruited him to play inside forward and was grateful to sign him. He proved a natural predator able to score with either foot or his head and he helped drive the club to promotion. When war commenced he returned to his Torquay home, guesting for Torquay, Cardiff and Newport. Tragically he died in action serving with the Devon Regiment on the beach at Normandy.