Career
He played for Luncarty City Boys, Perth Thistle F.C. and Scone Thistle before joining Dundee for the 1932/33 season. In August 1937 he was transferred to Portsmouth of the English First Division for a fee of £4,000. A car accident later in 1939 and the suspension of competitive football during the Second World War put an end to his playing career.
Throughout his career he was active in the Players" Union and he became the Union"s fifth Chairman in August 1946 holding the position until 1957.
He did much of the campaigning work that later saw the abolition of the maximum wage. His book "Soccer Rebel", published in 1976, documents his time at the Players" Union and includes commentary about the subsequent work of the renamed Professional Football players" Association and the state of the English game.
He died in hospital in London on September 10, 1981. As a player.