Initially he played with non-league clubs, Leyland and Oaks Fold. He had trials with Preston North End but joined Leeds, after being demobbed from the Irish Guards where he was a regular soldier, in May 1946. He was one of the few men to play League football in spectacles. He later wore contact lenses and once lost a lens and tackled Liverpool referee Bill Evans! He moved to Second Division Barnsley in July 1950 and spent a season there, making thirty-two appearances in the League and one in the F.A. Cup. His father, Ernest, played for Preston North End and Manchester City before World War One. He died in 1991.

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	Player Record	Apps	Start	(Sub)	Unused Sub	Goals
League		44	44	(0)	0	1
TOTAL		44	44	(0)	0	1

	Season by Season	Apps	Start	(Sub)	Unused Sub	Goals
1946-1947		23	23	(0)	0	0
League 23 23 (0) 0 0
1947-1948		8	8	(0)	0	1
League 8 8 (0) 0 1
1948-1949		5	5	(0)	0	0
League 5 5 (0) 0 0
1949-1950		8	8	(0)	0	0
League 8 8 (0) 0 0

	Appearances		Date	Score	Match Events
	Stoke City Division One	A	16/09/1946	2 : 5 (L)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	H	21/09/1946	4 : 0 (W)
	Charlton Athletic Division One	A	25/09/1946	0 : 5 (L)
	Liverpool Division One	A	28/09/1946	0 : 2 (L)
	Huddersfield Town Division One	H	05/10/1946	5 : 0 (W)
	Grimsby Town Division One	H	12/10/1946	1 : 0 (W)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	A	19/10/1946	0 : 1 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	H	26/10/1946	0 : 1 (L)
	Portsmouth Division One	A	02/11/1946	1 : 4 (L)
	Everton Division One	H	09/11/1946	2 : 1 (W)
	Arsenal Division One	A	16/11/1946	2 : 4 (L)
	Preston North End Division One	H	28/12/1946	0 : 3 (L)
	Chelsea Division One	H	18/01/1947	2 : 1 (W)
	Liverpool Division One	H	01/02/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Bolton Wanderers Division One	A	03/02/1947	0 : 2 (L)
	Wolverhampton Wanderers Division One	H	22/02/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division One	A	01/03/1947	0 : 1 (L)
	Arsenal Division One	H	22/03/1947	1 : 1 (D)
	Blackpool Division One	A	29/03/1947	0 : 3 (L)
	Brentford Division One	H	05/04/1947	1 : 2 (L)
	Manchester United Division One	A	07/04/1947	1 : 3 (L)
	Manchester United Division One	H	08/04/1947	0 : 2 (L)
	Everton Division One	A	26/05/1947	1 : 4 (L)
	Fulham Division Two	H	17/01/1948	0 : 1 (L)
	Newcastle United Division Two	H	24/01/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	Coventry City Division Two	A	31/01/1948	2 : 1 (W)
	Birmingham City Division Two	A	14/02/1948	1 : 5 (L)
	West Bromwich Albion Division Two	H	21/02/1948	3 : 1 (W)
	Doncaster Rovers Division Two	A	28/02/1948	0 : 3 (L)
	Nottingham Forest Division Two	H	06/03/1948	2 : 2 (D)
	Brentford Division Two	H	29/03/1948	1 : 1 (D)
	West Bromwich Albion Division Two	A	06/04/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Fulham Division Two	A	09/04/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	A	23/04/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Cardiff City Division Two	H	30/04/1949	0 : 0 (D)
	Queens Park Rangers Division Two	A	07/05/1949	0 : 2 (L)
	Cardiff City Division Two	H	08/10/1949	2 : 0 (W)
	Blackburn Rovers Division Two	A	15/10/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Brentford Division Two	H	22/10/1949	1 : 0 (W)
	Hull City Division Two	A	29/10/1949	0 : 1 (L)
	Sheffield Wednesday Division Two	H	05/11/1949	1 : 1 (D)
	Plymouth Argyle Division Two	A	12/11/1949	2 : 1 (W)
	Leicester City Division Two	A	08/04/1950	1 : 1 (D)
	Grimsby Town Division Two	H	10/04/1950	1 : 0 (W)