Career
He also played cricket for Staffordshire. Cook played for North Staffs Nomads, before joining Burslem Portuguese Vale in August 1900. He then featured five times in the 1904-1905 campaign and ten times in the 1905-1906 campaign, and claimed three goals against Clapton Orient, Glossop, and Hull City.
He joined rivals Stoke in February 1906, but featured in just one First Division game in the 1906-1907 season, before moving on to Stockport County.
He played four Second Division games for the "Hatters", and had a spell with North Staffs Nomads, before he made a brief return to Portuguese Vale. He returned to Stoke in 1908, and played 11 Birmingham & District League games in the 1908-1909 season, scoring once against Stourbridge at the Victoria Ground.
He returned to Portuguese Vale on a more permanent basis in January 1909, though by then the club had lost their Football League status. Cook enjoyed regular football until he fell out of favour in September 1910 and was released in the summer of 1911.