I recognise every name you have mentioned rigsby and have personally met the 2 West Ham players in the mid 1950s. Unfortunately I have long since lost my autograph book and I wonder if youngsters still collect the signatures as keenly as we did?

That spurs team were brilliant irish, just able to recall Bobby Smith centre forward, McKay at his peak and John White one of the most skilful players of his time. Great players, think White died young.

Funny story about kinnear. When Wimbledon won the f a cup 1988 the clubs commercial director kept the trophy in the bottom draw of his desk in a velvet bag. One friday night he was working late and was joined by another staff member and cutting a long story short they decided to put a couple of tea bags in the cup and have a brew. As they were were drinking out of seperate mugs, a car drove into the car park and next minute joe kinnear pops his head round the door asking if there were two comps left there for him to collect  from the club reception for a game at Fulham. at the time he was doing a bit of scouting for the club. He was asked if he wanted a cup of tea and said "wouldnt drink out of that, peed in it when we won it 67."

I certainly remember John Dick a striker with a great scoring record in the 50s and early 60s but not Brook or Russell and I have been a fan since around 1954.
treetop mentions John White of Spurs dying early and he was in fact killed on a golf course by a lightning strike.

Football Photos from the 50s and 60s.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2020/oct/03/graffiti-fishing-and-mr-whippy-unseen-photographs-from-footballs-yesteryear

as a very young lad in the early 60s i remember going to the local park on a sunday morning just to watch,  and every morning there was a proper match going on with just the local lads making up their own game, im telling you the standard on show was of players that were  without doubt football league standard , 3 or 4 made the grade, another dozen had trials, another few were offered contracts but were homesick and didnt  want to leave home,  these matches went on for years  and then the next generation including myself would take their place.The sad thing about this is that i doubt in last 20 years that park has even seen anyone there kicking a ball .

I started to watch Chelsea and sometimes Arsenal and even Fulham with my dad during the early 50s, exactly when I'm not sure, but 2 matches that I do remember going to were the England 4-1 defeat of Spain at Wembley in 1955 with the whole family and the 3-3 draw between Chelsea and Wolves in 1956, which I went to see on my own. Back in those days, kids used to be able to travel to most places on their own, as a 12 year old I even traveled from Switzerland to England by train and boat, my dad saw me off and my mum was waiting for me at Victoria station.

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The famous rattle.