6'0.5" 13st.
b. Leeds 2 March 1952
 

Debut 31 January 1970 (17y 335d) Final Game 10 February 1973 (20y 345d)
First Goal 9 January 1971 Final Goal 22 January 1972
CAREER: Pudsey Jnrs;Blackburn Rovers Aug'68 (app) Aug'69;Mansfield Town Jul'73[115+3-47];Huddersfield Town Jan'77 (£8,000)[41+5-6];Ethnikos (Greece) Sum'78;York City Sep'79-Apr'81[64-18];Scarborough.    
HONOURS 4 Div Ch (Mansfield Town) ’75.
 

FL        33 + 13 apps    6 gls   - 2 wdn                                  17 ns
FAC      1 app
FLC      2                      1 gl                                                                                                                                                                   Total 36  + 13 apps   7 gls   - 2 wdn  + 391m -85m         17 ns ( 1gl as sub)
LC        4 apps
FAYC  6 apps
 

Eccles attended Temple Moyle Grammar School where they only played rugby, and he played for the English schoolboys against Wales. However his footballing performances with Pudsey juniors brought him trials at Leeds and Chelsea. Eventually he signed for the Rovers where he was groomed to play centre half. His debut came at right back but it was as a stop gap striker that he made his reputation. A chance appearance as a substitute brought a career change and his worth as a hard, competitive player was to further his career longer than it might have done if he had remained a defender. For a time he was landlord of the White Horse in Upper Poppleton, York.In his retirement he moved to Mojecar in Spain.