Background
Quinton was born in Anston, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Quinton was born in Anston, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
He played local football for Dinnington Athletic before joining Rotherham United of the Football League Third Division North in July 1938. In the 1939 close season, he signed for Birmingham, newly relegated to the Second Division, but the suspension of competitive football for the duration of the Second World War prevented him proving himself at the higher level A short, stocky defender, he played more than 100 games for Birmingham in the wartime leagues, but his only appearances in the Football League came as a run of eight games early in the 1947-1948 season.
Ken Green took over the right-back position as soon as he was demobbed.
Together with Jackie Goodwin, Quinton joined Brentford in a £7000 deal in April 1949. He had one season in the first team before dropping to the reserves, then, after a trial with Southend United in August 1952, he finished off his league career with a few games for Shrewsbury Town.
He later played for Snowdown Colliery Welfare of the Kent League. Quinton died in 1996, aged 78.
