Personal information | |||
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Full name | John William Rainford[1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 December 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Camden Town, England | ||
Date of death | 21 May 2001[2] | (aged 70)||
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.
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