[5] In 1916, he and another man were awarded Certificates of the Royal Humane Society for their involvement in the rescue of two workmen who had fallen into the River Witham when the railings they were leaning against gave way.
[1] Ward played for Grimsby Town as well as for Lincoln in wartime competitions; he worked at Immingham during the war, and under the emergency rules, a player could represent the club nearest to their place of employment.
[14] Ward and McGrahan's fourth match was against their former club, and was Wigan Borough's record Football League victory: they won 9–1, after Lincoln's goalkeeper, Jack Kendall, was knocked unconscious by the ball rebounding from the frame of the goal.
[15][16] When available, Ward was a regular at left back in the 1923–24 season: he was injured during Wigan's FA Cup tie against Nelson on 1 December – according to the Athletic News report, "it was unfortunate that [he] should have been injured, for he played strongly, tackling vigorously but cleanly, and kicking a fine length"[17] – and did not return until the end of January,[18] and in early March, away to Lincoln City, Ward "fouled Roe so badly that the referee ordered him off without warning"[19] and was suspended for a month.
After one match in the reserves, he went into the first team,[22] and remained in it, partnering Davie Parkes at full back, for the next two seasons, helping Rochdale finish as runners-up in the 1926–27 Third Division North.