Wilf Cooke
Personal information
Full name Wilfred Hudson Cooke[1]
Date of birth (1915-10-05)5 October 1915
Place of birth Crewe, England
Date of death 18 December 1985(1985-12-18) (aged 70)
Place of death Whitby, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1938 Bradford City 21 (2)
1938–1939 Leeds United 0 (0)
1939–1946 Fulham 0 (0)
1946 Crewe Alexandra 12 (2)
Nantwich Town
Total 33 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilfred Hudson Cooke (5 October 1915 – 18 December 1985) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

Career

Born in Crewe, Cooke played for Leeds United and Bradford City.[3] For Bradford City he made 21 appearances in the Football League, scoring 2 goals; he also scored 1 goal in 2 FA Cup appearances.[4] He later played for Fulham.[1][5] Known as Jimmy, he was on the books of Crewe Alexandra after the war, joining Nantwich Town as player-coach ahead of the inaugural season of the Mid-Cheshire League in 1948.[6][7]

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. 1 2 "Wilf Cooke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bradford City. Young players turn out well". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Frost, p. 393
  4. ↑ Frost, p. 381
  5. ↑ Wilf Cooke at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  6. ↑ Chatwin, Michael (2009). Proud to be the Dabbers. Empire. ISBN 978-0956306807.
  7. ↑ CHATWIN, MICHAEL. (2020). ULTIMATE BOOK OF NANTWICH TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB. [S.l.]: EMPIRE. ISBN 978-0-9563068-2-1. OCLC 1199329275.
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