He played 115 games for the club over 10 seasons,[7] and represented Victoria at interstate football 12 times in his career.
He badly injured his knee in Essendon's 4 June 1934 (round 5) match against Richmond (his 105th senior game), and did not play again that season.
[8] He resumed his career in 1935, and played another 12 senior games before he announced his retirement after the 18 July 1936 (round 11) against Footscrary.
[9] He was employed by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Fire Brigade[11][12] – as were his team-mates Garnet Campbell, Jack Vosti, Ernie Watson, and Len Webster.
[15] He was one of the inaugural inductees (at No.25 of the total 130 selected) into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.