Johnny Rainford

Johnny Rainford
Personal information
Full name John William Rainford[1]
Date of birth 11 December 1930
Place of birth Camden Town, England
Date of death 21 May 2001(2001-05-21) (aged 70)[2]
Place of death Hounslow, England[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1948–1949 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1953 Crystal Palace 64 (8)
1953 Cardiff City 3 (1)
1953–1962 Brentford 299 (42)
1962–1963 Tonbridge 48 (4)
Total 414 (55)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Rainford (11 December 1930 – 21 May 2001) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He is best remembered for his 9 years in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 320 appearances. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.

  1. ^ a b "Johnny Rainford". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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