He returned to the High Pavement school on Friday 19 November 1948 for a presentation from the Lord Mayor, for his Olympic success.

[1] His county 100m record of 10.6 seconds lasted until August 1996, when Cori Henry ran 10.5 secs in Dudley.

He won the European Athletics championships 1946 Oslo men's 100 m with a consistent time of 10.6 seconds through the heats and in the final.

He competed for Great Britain in the Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 100 metres relay held in London, Great Britain where he won the silver medal with his teammates John Gregory, Alastair McCorquodale and Kenneth Jones.

He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4×110 yd relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.