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Nickname d 'Pongo' after a famous Cartoon of the time, Waring is one of Aston Villa's all-time great centre-forwards. He signed for Tranmere Rovers in 1926 , scored 6 of the 11 goals they put past Durham City F.C. , and then moved on to Aston Villa for £ 4,700 two years later. A crowd of 23,000 saw him play on his Villa debut in a reserve game against local rivals Birmingham , in which he scored a Hat-trick . His 226 appearances for Villa yielded 167 goals, including 10 hat-tricks and a club record 49 goals in the 1930 - 31 season. In November 1935 , Waring went to Barnsley , angering the Villa fans and prompting 5,000 of them to call for his return to the club. After a spell at Barnsley, Waring also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers , Tranmere (again), Accrington Stanley , Bath City , Ellesmere Port Town , Graysons F.C. , Birkenhead Dockers and Harrowby . Finally, he guested for New Brighton in 1939 - 40 . Waring was also capped five times by England . |
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