He went on to play 267 league and cup games for the club, helping the "Valiants" to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1969–70.
[3] He began his career as an apprentice with local Football League club Port Vale in July 1963.
[4] He made his debut on Boxing day 1964, in a 3–0 defeat to Hull City at Vale Park, having been tasked with marking Ken Wagstaff.
[1] He was then an ever-present in the 52 game 1969–70 season, also scoring six goals, as Vale were promoted out of the Fourth Division after securing a fourth-place finish; he played consistently alongside defenders Ron Wilson and Roy Sproson, and goalkeeper Keith Ball.
He quickly settled into the side, playing all but the last four of the remaining games of the season as Torquay struggled unsuccessfully to avoid relegation out of the Third Division.
He began the 1972–73 season as first-choice in the centre of defence, though he soon moved back to right-back in a reshuffle of the team.
He was an ever-present until the local derby against Exeter City on Boxing Day 1972 but played just five games in the remainder of the season.
He was deployed as an emergency centre-forward at Doncaster Rovers in August 1976 and scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win.
He left Plainmoor that summer and was awarded a testimonial by Torquay with a friendly match against Southampton on 15 January 1980.