Edwin Redvers Baden Herod (16 May 1900–1973) was a professional footballer who played for Barking Town, Ilford

Ilford F.C.

Ilford F.C. is a London football club based in Ilford, in Greater London founded in 1987.There was an earlier famous non-league club of the same name, founded in 1881. In 1979, it merged with Leytonstone to...

, Great Eastern Railway Works F.C., Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

, Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

, Chester City

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

, Swindon Town

Swindon Town F.C.

Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...

 and Clapton Orient.

Football career

Herod played for non League clubs Barking Town, Ilford and Great Eastern Railway Works before joining Charlton Athletic in 1921, the full back played 236 matches and scored twice in all competitions between 1921–27 at the Valley. He joined Brentford in 1928 where he played a further 28 games before joining Tottenham Hotspur in 1929 for a then club record fee of £4,000. Herod featured in a total of 58 matches in all competitions for the Lilywhites. After leaving White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....

, Herod had spells at Chester City, Swindon Town before signing for Clapton Orient where he ended his playing career.