Joseph Cockroft was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Rotherham United, West Ham United, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United.
14 Facts About Joe Cockroft
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Joe Cockroft played for Yorkshire Paper Mills, Barnsley Old Boys, Ardsley Athletic, Wombwell, Rotherham United and then Gainsborough Trinity before moving to West Ham United, then of Division Two, in 1933.
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Joe Cockroft played as a left-half, but often switched positions with Len Goulden during matches to dumbfound oppositions.
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Joe Cockroft was part of West Ham's War Cup-winning side of 1940, appearing in all 9 games including the final, and made 20 appearances in the League South.
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Joe Cockroft guested for Sheffield Wednesday as direction of labour laws compelled his employment at Edgar Allen and Company, a steelworks in Sheffield.
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Joe Cockroft made 198 wartime appearances for Wednesday, more than any other player, and scored 13 goals.
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Joe Cockroft played for the Owls in the northern final of the War Cup in 1943, and went on to join the club after hostilities ended.
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Joe Cockroft spent almost three years at Hillsborough after the war, making a total of 97 appearances in all competitions.
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Joe Cockroft's debut came on 5 January 1946 in a goalless FA Cup 3rd round first leg game against Mansfield Town.
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Joe Cockroft left a year later to take on a player-manager role at Wisbech Town.
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Joe Cockroft was an FA coach, outside of football, Cockroft had many other interests.
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Joe Cockroft was a keen golfer, swimmer and motorist, and was interested in anatomy.
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Joe Cockroft retired to Hunstanton, Norfolk with his wife Winifred.
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Joe Cockroft had two children, a son Terry and daughter Joyce.