He scored 44 goals in his first season 1947–8, and came to the notice of West Bromwich Albion manager Jack Smith.
He joined West Bromwich Albion as an amateur in August 1950 and helped Albion juniors win the West Bromwich League and the Handsworth League Cup, scoring four times in the final.
His first team debut came as replacement for the injured Ronnie Allen at Blackburn Rovers in the Football League First Division.
[1] He won a winners medal with Albion when they beat Preston North End 3–2 in the 1954 FA Cup Final, also winning two England caps in the same year.
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