Wilf Cooke | |
Fullname: | Wilfred Hudson Cooke |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1915 |
Birth Place: | Crewe, England |
Death Place: | Whitby, England |
Height: | 5 ft 7 in[1] |
Position: | Inside forward |
Youthclubs1: | Leeds United |
Years1: | 1935–1938 |
Clubs1: | Bradford City |
Caps1: | 21 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 1938–1939 |
Clubs2: | Leeds United |
Caps2: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1939–1946 |
Clubs3: | Fulham |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1946 |
Clubs4: | Crewe Alexandra |
Caps4: | 12 |
Goals4: | 2 |
Clubs5: | Nantwich Town |
Totalcaps: | 33 |
Totalgoals: | 4 |
Wilfred Hudson Cooke (5 October 1915 – 18 December 1985) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Born in Crewe, Cooke played for Leeds United and Bradford City.[2] For Bradford City he made 21 appearances in the Football League, scoring 2 goals; he also scored 1 goal in 2 FA Cup appearances.[3] 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.[4] [5]