Starting off as an amateur with
Liverpool and
Southport he turned down
Aston Villa to sign professional forms for Bolton in October 1935. He did not make the goalkeepers shirt his own until the
1938–39 season and then his career was interrupted by the
Second World War. He was Bolton's keeper in the ''
Matthews' Cup Final''. When he retired from football he stayed with the club as coach of the reserve side as well as running the post office near
Burnden Park. == Personal life ==