Joe Wade - 1921- 2005.From
http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?article=325327Former Arsenal captain Joe Wade has died at the age of 84.
The Shoreditch-born full back joined the Club as an amateur in 1944 and turned professional during the following year. He stayed 12 years at Arsenal but was kept out of the first team for a large proportion of that by the likes of Walley Barnes, Laurie Scott and Lionel Smith. As a result he amassed more than 300 Reserve appearances. Barnes broke a leg in the 1952 FA Cup final and, during the following season, Wade took his opportunity. He played 40 League games as Arsenal won the title.
However he suffered a leg injury himself in the following season and, in 1956, left for to become player/manager at Hereford. He stayed in the town upon retirement and lived in a house called ‘Highbury’.