Eric Eastwood

Eric Eastwood (24 March 1916 – October 1991) was an English footballer who played for Manchester City and Port Vale in the Football League in the period following World War II.

Career Eastwood played for local non-League teams Chorley Road Congregationals, Little Lever, Westhoughton and Heywood St. James's, before joining Manchester City. After spells guesting for Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United during the war, he signed to Port Vale from Manchester City for a four-figure fee in March 1947. He scored his first goal in the Football League on 26 April, in a 2–1 win over Bristol Rovers at the Old Recreation Ground, and went on to play six Third Division South games in the 1946–47 season.

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1938–39 Second Division

1946–47 Second Division

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1946–47 Third Division South

1947–48 Third Division South

1948–49 Third Division South

1949–50 Third Division South

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