There will be quite a few old Hammers Fans out there that will remember the delights of Watching Ken Tucker strut his stuff as a winger for the Hammers.
WHUFC released this Article today.

Former West Ham United winger Ken Tucker sadly passed away this week at the age of 85.

Having played for the club between 1947-57, Tucker’s Upton Park career began in sparkling style. He scored a hat-trick on his debut against Chesterfield at the Boleyn Ground in October 1947.

A pacey and powerful winger, signed from Finchley, he scored 73 goals in 191 reserve matches before earning a regular spot in the first team in the 1955/56 season. He duly switched from part-time to full-time training and scored 15 goals in 37 appearances before joining Notts County in March 1957. He leaves behind a wife, Joan, two children, Lorraine and Raymond, and grandchildren.

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A Post from the Cmonyuirons.com forum
The Forum Admin finds a letter that her dad had written about his West Ham, and a match he went to in 1924

My dad’s full name is Albert Stanley Relf, known as Bert by his mates (although my mum always called him Alb), born in Stratford in 1915. He now lives in Dagenham (ex Ford worker) and I usually go to visit him once a year in November.

My dad has been a West Ham supporter all his life - he is now 93 years old. I found this composition he wrote about a visit to West Ham

“Written 9th April, 1924

How I spent good Friday

On the morning of Good Friday I began the day by getting in the hot Cross buns for our breakfast. All the morning I played a game of cricket with my brother and six other boys. When it was two o’clock my brother and I went to the West Ham football ground, seeing a good game between West Ham and Burnley resulting in a win for the Hammers.

West Ham started off, as if to be sure of a ten-none victory. A great combination between Earl and Ruffell enabled the last mentioned player to find the net with a great left drive. Immediately after the centre the Hammers gave Burnley a real lesson in football. They passed the ball accurately from man to man, but a mistake on Watson’s part, enabled the right back of Burnley to clear with a fierce drive. It was then Burnley’s turn to attack, and Hufton was kept busy for ten minutes. Before half-time Watson and Ruffell put on two further goals.

In the next half both goalies were kept busy, Hufton especially. Yews continually beat both backs only to find no-one in the centre. Play was very even and more than three times did Beel the centre forward of Burnley, cut through the backs to be foiled by Hufton. Two minutes from the end Gibbins scored through a neat pass by Ruffell. That brought the score to four for West Ham. Soon after, the whistle went for full time.”

By Pat Gerber (Daughter of Albert Relf)

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