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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