13 Facts About Gerry Cakebread

Gerald Cakebread OBE was an English footballer who made over 340 appearances in the Football League for Brentford as a goalkeeper.

Gerry Cakebread remained a part-time player throughout his professional career.

Gerry Cakebread was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015 and was described as "arguably Brentford's finest ever goalkeeper".

Gerry Cakebread began his career as a junior at the club he supported as a boy, Brentford.

Over five of the next six seasons, Gerry Cakebread would go on to make over 45 appearances a season and set a club record for consecutive appearances, playing 187 games in a row between November 1958 and March 1963.

Gerry Cakebread departed Griffin Park in June 1965, having made 374 appearances, a total which places him eighth on the club's all-time list.

Gerry Cakebread was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.

Gerry Cakebread followed with a short spell at Western League club Barnstaple Town, whom he joined in 1969.

Gerry Cakebread won three caps for England at youth level and was a part of the 1954 FIFA Youth Tournament squad.

Gerry Cakebread was twice named in the U23 squad, but did not play.

Gerry Cakebread worked for the Admiralty during and after his football career as a draughtsman.

Gerry Cakebread was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1994 Birthday Honours for his work on Hydrographics at the Ministry of Defence.

Gerry Cakebread died in September 2009, after a long illness.