He joined the club in 1935, left for a short spell with non-league Cheltenham Town, then returned to Coventry in 1937 and played there until 1952.
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With Gudjon Thordarson failing to gain a new contract the Stoke board moved to appoint Steve Cotterill from Cheltenham Town.
After leaving Dunfermline Athletic he and his wife Joyce moved to England settling in Cheltenham and started working as an Electronics Engineer with Smith Industries Aviation and played for non league Cheltenham Town.
At the end of the season the club were forced to accept a £100,000 bid from Cheltenham Town due a release clause in his contract, though chairman Bill Bratt rated him as a £300,000 player.