Herbert Moody

Herbert Moody

One of Luton’s famous sons, Bert was born in the town in 1880 and came to prominence as a maker and taker of goals at schoolboy level before joining Luton Stanley.

With clubs sniffing around, the Town took the unusual, for the time, decision to award him a contract in 1897 and then let him learn his trade with the reserve side.

He eventually made his first team debut in February 1902 and after a slow start came to the fore and by the following campaign was one of the first names on the teamsheet becoming a regular scorer.

Bigger clubs took an interest leading to Bert joining Leicester Fosse in 1905 to play alongside his former teammates Jimmy Blessington and Jimmy Durrant. He enjoyed his first season at Filbert Street but not so much his second, with Blessington and Durrant departed and was glad to come home in 1907.

Finishing top scorer in four of the next five seasons he became a real terrace favourite with the fans disappointed when, following the Town’s relegation to Southern League Division Two in 1912, he decided to move to Millwall where he was to spend the next eight years before hanging up his boots at the age of 40.

After retiring, Bert worked as an Inspector in the Vauxhall Motors engineering department and passed away in Luton in 1959.