Born in Garstang, England, Bond started his career with the Royal Artillery before he signed professional forms with Preston North End in August 1902.
But he missed out on the club's 1911 FA Cup triumph because he was suspended after using improper language at Woolwich Arsenal.
[3] He was selected in City's team of the millennium in 1999 by former Telegraph & Argus sports reporter David Markham.
[2] Preston North End Bond's football career was interrupted by the First World War.
[3] He was repatriated on 18 November 1918 and more than two years after it had finished,[3] he laid a commemorative wreath at the Cenotaph in London before Bradford City's game with Arsenal on 1 January 1921.