He started playing football with Chesterfield in 1920 as an amateur, turning professional two years later.
He had a trial at Gainsborough Trinity in 1938 and played for Chelmsford City in the Southern Football League.
Wass went to Australia, where he was an active football and cricket coach with the Hills District junior teams.
He was also an outstanding senior golfer based at the Monash Country Club in Sydney.
Horace Wass died of heart failure at his home in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, at the age of 65.