He married Mary Monica Agnes "Molly" Kelly (1912-1961), in Footscray, on 22 July 1933.

He played with the club for four seasons before moving to the Victorian Football Association (VFA) where he signed with Coburg.

After just a year at Coburg he returned to the league and played with North Melbourne, becoming a regular in their side during the 1930s.

[4] He died at the Marshall Park Nursing Home in the Perth suburb of Midland on 24 September 1979.

[5] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1904 is a stub.