Career
After playing for Ecclesfield, he joined Worksop Town in 1928 at the age of 16. He holds the record for the fastest ever goal scored by a player, against Sunderland on 14 December 1935, putting the ball in the back of the Netto after just ten seconds, with his fourth touch of the ball. He is also in the top 100 players as voted for by the fans as their favourite players.
He also made six appearances for England during the war, as well as representing the Football League on another six occasions.
After World World War II, in which he worked in the steel industry in Sheffield, he signed for Sunderland where he made fourteen appearances. He later signed for Leeds United as a player-coach in 1947 before retiring a year later to become the landlord of the Hopewell Inn in Hunslet.
He briefly returned to the game in 1952, where he became coach at Halifax Town.