He played 100 games in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Arsenal, Portsmouth and Aldershot.
Platt, who had previously been with Bath City,[3] joined Arsenal when 17 years of age in January 1939 from Southern League club Colchester United[4] for whom he was a reserve goalkeeper[3] and played in their Eastern Counties League team.
[6] Arsenal won England's top league, the First Division, in 1952-53 but, sharing goalkeeper duties with George Swindin and Jack Kelsey, Platt made only three league appearances in the championship winning team[7] and left the club at the end of the season.
He signed with Ashford Town of the Kent League in the summer of 1957[11] and played with them for one season.
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