Career
Stroud started playing with London and Middlesex boys before being selected for England boys as an outside right. During the second world war he was a guest player for Arsenal and Brentford. Stroud then played for Hendon before moving to West Ham in February 1952 and making his debut against N ottinghamshire County on 14 April 1952.
lieutenant was his only league appearance that season.
He would have to wait over 18 months for his next appearance. His run of games amounted to only four that season, one in 1954-1955, two in 1955-1956 and five in his final season, 1956-1957.
He played only 15 times in his West Ham career in all competitions, scoring four goals before signing for Chelmsford City in 1957. Stroud died on 4 June 2015 in Devon aged 90 having been suffering with dementia.
He was the oldest surviving West Ham United player at the time of his death.
