5' 9"  11st.12lb.
b. Blackburn  28 July 1944
 

Debut 11 November 1961(17y 106d) Final Game 23 April 1977 (32y 269d)
First Goal 9 December 1961 Final Goal 12 February 1977
CAREER: St Peter's Sec Mod;Blackburn Rovers Aug'61;Bolton Wanderers Jun'66 (£25,000)[298+8-113];Blackburn Rovers Sep'76 (free);Hare & Hounds (Sunday Lge)
HONOURS  3rd Div Ch (Bolton Wanderers) ’73.
 

FL          121 + 3 apps  50 gls   - 2 wdn  3g 3                          10 ns
FAC        16 apps          12 gls   - 1 wdn  3g 1
FLC           9 apps            2 gls
Total    146 + 3 apps    64 gls   - 3 wdn  + 143m -113m        10 ns
Strike rate 206 mins
ASL         1 app
FC            2 apps
LC            6 apps          5 gls
FAYC      2 apps
 

Brought up in John Bright Street, Waterfall he was a lean, goal hungry inside forward who was given his first team debut at the age of 17 and immediately looked at home, scoring regularly but above all playing with a maturity that belied his years. Competition for places in a good team was fierce and it was not until Fred Pickering was sold to Everton that Byrom finally blossomed. Moved to centre forward he scored 25 league goals in 1964/65 and if not ideally built for the position was effective. Relegation the following season was a surprise and Byrom suffered more than most from the absence of Bryan Douglas. He became a victim of the clear out that followed but the decision to allow him to move down the road to Bolton proved a huge error. Despite moving back to a more withdrawn position he scored 113 league goals for his new club. Ten years later he was brought back to Ewood to try and add his experience to a faltering side. By then age was catching up with him and despite cameo flashes he was not effective. He struggled at first to find a role outside football, working as a driver, sweeping factory floors and then selling cars before setting up his own business selling gas cylinders. By the mid 1990s he had retired and was living in the Ribble Valley. He also spent time researching his family history, finding that the family came from the Leigh/Lowton area before settling in Blackburn. He had almost been lost to the Rovers. When he left school he was looking for an apprenticeship as a plumber or a place on the ground staff. He could not find an apprenticeship and the Rovers had no vacancies on the ground staff but eventually Jack Campbell persuaded the club to offer him 17/6d a week to stay with them.