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Wilf Cooke
Personal information
Full name	Wilfred Hudson Cooke
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)
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. 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

^ "Wilf Cooke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. 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. : EMPIRE. ISBN 978-0-9563068-2-1. OCLC 1199329275.

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