Born: Bishop Auckland, 25 July 1899

Died: 4 February 1978

Position: Centre back; centre forward

Fulham debut: Fulham 2-2 Southend United, 5 October 1929

Fulham appearances: 29

Fulham goals: 0

Signed: 1 July 1929 from Southend United

Sold: 1 July 1930 to Chesterfield

Syd Banks, equally adept at centre back or centre forward because of his height and physicality, played 29 games for Fulham between 1929 and 1930.