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Full name:
Ronald Leslie Rooke
Born:
7 December 1911
Position:
Centre-forward
Height/weight:
-
Joined Arsenal:
1946 (£1,000 plus two reserve players!)
Clubs:
Crystal Palace
Fulham
Arsenal (1946–49)
Managerial career:
Crystal Palace (1949–50)
Bedford Town (1951)
First Arsenal appearance:
League vs Charlton Athletic, 14 December 1946 (1–0)
Last Arsenal appearance:
League vs Everton, 16 April 1949 (0–0)
International matches:
-
International debut:
-
| League | FA Cup | Ch.Shld | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls |
| 1946–47 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 22 |
| 1947–48 | 42 | 33 | 1 | - | - | - | 43 | 33 |
| 1948–49 | 22 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 24 | 15 |
| Total | 88 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 70 |
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I was 12 or 13 years old when I was first taken to Highbury. I was with a friend and his father. The visiting team was Aston Villa and Arsenal won, 1-0. The goal was scored by Rooke who broke into the clear and flicked the ball over the head of the advancing Villa goalkeeper. I remember it vividly and visited Highbury many more times before emigrating to Canada in 1966. I support Arsenal as much today as I did when I was living in England.
Ronnie Rooke lived in Acacia Road Guildford just oposite my father and his family. Athough my father was a couple years older than Ronnie they played local football together prior to Ronnie joining Crystal Palace. My father continued with Guildfrod City. I was first taken to see Arsenal in 1947 when I was just 9 and I have continued to see and follow them ever since. I met Ronnie a couple of times at Highbury and when asked he said the strangest goal he ever scored was against Grimsby Town when Ronnie jumped to head a low goal kick and it hit him on the chin and went back into the goal.
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