Wilf Cooke

Wilf Cooke
Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Hudson Cooke
Date of birth	5 October 1915
Place of birth	Crewe, England
Date of death	18 December 1985 (aged 70)
Place of death	Whitby, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position	Inside forward
Youth career
	Leeds United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1935–1938	Bradford City
1938–1939	Leeds United
1939–1946	Fulham
1946	Crewe Alexandra
	Nantwich Town
Total
	* 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. For Bradford City he made 21 appearances in the Football League, scoring 2 goals; he also scored 1 goal in 2 FA Cup appearances. He later played for Fulham. 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.

Sources

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

References

1 2 "Wilf Cooke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
↑ "Bradford City. Young players turn out well". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Frost, p. 393
↑ Frost, p. 381
↑ Wilf Cooke at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
↑ Chatwin, Michael (2009). Proud to be the Dabbers. Empire. ISBN 978-0956306807.
↑ 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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[Hugman-1] 1 2 "Wilf Cooke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. 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)

[chatwin-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.