Background
Wellock was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, where he attended Drummond Road School.
Wellock was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, where he attended Drummond Road School.
In 1916, he became the first Bradford boy to be capped for England in a schoolboy international. He began his senior career with hometown club Bradford City. He played for their first team in the wartime leagues at the age of fifteen, but never appeared once the Football League resumed after the war.
He had joined Halifax Town by 1919, and made his league debut in the 1921-1922 season.
He scored three times in 33 games for Halifax before moving to Blackpool in 1923. He spent just one season with Torquay, scoring three times in 27 games before joining Southern League club Peterborough & Fletton United.
In 1929, he returned to the Football League with Darlington where he played regularly as a centre-forward, having played mainly as a defender with Torquay. He scored 71 goals, including five in one game against Rotherham United in 1930, in 104 league games for Darlington, finishing his career with a further 21 goals in 82 league games for Halifax Town.