Position: Inside-forward.
Born: Middleton, Lancashire, 30 December 1934.
Senior Debut: Aston Villa (H) First Division, 11 April 1955.
Career
Newton Heath Secondary School, Lancashire Boys County FC, Wolves juniors 1950, professional Jan 52, Nottingham Forest Oct 59, Doncaster Rovers Aug 62, Oxford United Jly 64 to May 67, Cambridge United, Cheltenham Town.
Highlights
Doncaster Rovers– Top Scorer 1962/63, 1963/64; Hat-tricks v Newport County (a) 27/4/63, v Southport (h) 28/12/63.
Nottingham Forest– Top Scorer 1960/61, 1961/62.
Oxford United– Fourth Division promoted 1964/65; Hat-trick v Barrow (h) 19/12/64, Southport (a) 3/4/65
Wolves– Football League champion 1957/58, 1958/59, runner-up 1954/55, 1959/60; Hat-tricks v Sheffield United (a) 2/5/56, (4) v Arsenal (h) 10/11/56; Portsmouth (h) 27/12/58.
Stats
Appearances: 333.
Goal: 153.
International Honours
England u23: 1 appearance (1 with Wolves).
First Team Record
FL | FAC | Tot | ||||
A | G | A | G | A | G | |
1954/55 | 3 | – | 3 | |||
1955/56 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 7 | |
1956/57 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 9 | |
1957/58 | 13 | 2 | – | 13 | 2 | |
1958/59 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
1959/60 | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 78 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 27 |