fullname years death_date clubs caps birth_place goals position birth_date article_title name
james sidney dean rawlings 1932-1934 1934-1935 1935-1936 1936-1937 1937-1939 1946-1948 1956 1913 preston town millwall plymouth argyle north end huddersfield town west bromwich albion northampton 12 11 10 48 53 56 wombwell , south yorkshire , england 0 2 1 18 27 20 winger 5 may 1913 sid rawlings
 sid rawlings
sid rawlings

james sidney dean `` sid '' rawlings -lrb- 5 may 1913 -- 1956 -rrb- was a professional footballer , who played for preston north end , huddersfield town , west bromwich albion , northampton town , millwall and plymouth argyle -lrb- 1946/47 & 1947/48 seasons -rrb- he was born in wombwell , south yorkshire .
rawlings played for everton fc during world war ii having initially played on loan from millwall and then signed permanently in 1940 .
he also made a few guest appearances for liverpool .
previous to his move to everton he had played in millwalls cup run which ended in the semi-final with defeat to chelsea in front of a wembley crowd exceeding 100,000 .
after ending his professional career at plymouth argyle he continued to play locally for tavistock and subsequently managed them for a short period .
he died prematurely in 1956 from leukemia .
film still exists of sid on the web training with the millwall players as covered by pathe news .
photographs also exist of the millwall semi-final , shoowing where rawlings and the other players being presented to the king prior to the match .
