Background
He was born in Manchester and played in the Football League for Manchester United and Tranmere Rovers.
He was born in Manchester and played in the Football League for Manchester United and Tranmere Rovers.
His regular position was at centre back. His first team debut came on 5 March 1958, a month after the Munich air disaster – where eight players were killed and two never played again due to injury, while several other players were still recovering from their injuries. He made a further five appearances that season, and five more in 1958-1959, but never became a regular player and was sold to Tranmere Rovers for £4,000 in 1961.
He spent two seasons at Prenton Park before quitting league football at the age of 27, when he signed for non league Margate in Kent.
He played 564 games for the Hartsdown Park club in two spells until 1978. In between these he clocked over a century appearances at both Ashford Town and Canterbury City.
Then at the age of 42 he signed for neighbouring Ramsgate. 52 appearances came over the next two seasons and he carried on playing until he was nearly 50, finally hanging up his boots at the end of the 1984-1985 season with Dover Athletic, where he was also in charge of the reserve team
He remained in football as a non-league referee, a role he held until just before his death in November 2007 at the age of 71.