Born: Sherburn, County Durham, March 1947

Position: Centre-half

West Bromwich Albion: December 1970 to June 1983

Football League: 499+1 appearances, 24 goals

FA Cup: 42 appearances, 2 goals

Football League Cup: 42 appearances, 2 goals

Others: 35 appearances, 1 goal

Won: Promotion to Division One in 1975/76

Profile: Albion's skipper throughout the glorious Ron Atkinson era and beyond, Wile formed an almost impenetrable centre-half pairing with Ally Robertson.

Unlucky never to win an England cap, his most famous moment came when he played with blood pouring from a head wound in the 1978 FA Cup semi-final.

John Wile joined Albion from Peterborough United and left for the same club to take charge as its player-manager.

He returned to the club as chief executive from the late 1990s until 2002.