Tabram played for Crown Mission before having a trial with
Preston North End and joining
Swansea Town. He joined
Port Vale, along with
Ken Gunn, for £400 in March 1933. He played 35
Second Division games in the
1933–34 season, and scored one goal in a 3–0 win over
Bury at
Gigg Lane on 11 September. He left the
Old Recreation Ground when he was sold to
Hull City in May 1934, and later played for
South Shields. ==Career statistics==